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Town Beach

Town Beach from directly overhead

Town Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Islip Meadows County Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70546, -73.19390

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Islip Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Heckscher State Park: 1.2 mi
  • East Islip Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Brookwood Hall Park: 2.0 mi
  • Town Hall West Fields: 2.1 mi
Beaches
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Walled Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Garden of Serenity: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Long Island: 4.1 mi
  • Art Gallery: 7.7 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 9.7 mi
  • Bearer of Peace: 10.6 mi
  • Pray Mantis: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Wolf 1: 9.1 mi
  • Wolf 2: 9.1 mi
  • Wolf 4: 9.2 mi
  • Wolf 3: 9.2 mi
  • Wolf 5: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 13
Attractions: 9
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 14.9 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 16.5 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 16.7 mi
  • Jamaica: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 9.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW 302°122 m14.3 mi
West HillsWNW 302°106 m14.6 mi
Harbor HillWNW 286°106 m24.2 mi
Dix HillsNW 313°92 m11.4 mi
Signal HillNW 310°90 m12.0 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW 295°85 m15.1 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW 301°77 m10.8 mi
Rock HillENE 66°64 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2319:4720:28
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1415:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495868757567564638
Precip in3.54.64.43.83.53.74.65.84.43.63.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molloy Cercom, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Great River, Connetquot River, NY, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357593244

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