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Truman's Beach

Truman's Beach from directly overhead

Truman's Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Brown Hill stands 112 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Oyster Ponds Waterway Access Site, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail runs past it.

About

The story

beach in Suffolk County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q49325060, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.14142, -72.31852

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Old Schoolhouse Park: 1.3 mi
  • Norman E. Klipp Marine Park: 2.7 mi
  • Orient Beach State Park: 2.9 mi
  • 67 Steps Park: 3.2 mi
  • Mitchell Park: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Browns Hills: 1.6 mi
  • Powder Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Johnnycake Hill: 11.6 mi
Beaches
Museums
  • East End Seaport Maritime Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Long Island Train Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Horton Point Lighthouse Nautical Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Southold Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Southold Indian Museum: 8.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Fort Terry: 7.4 mi
  • Camp 5 Building (ruins): 9.7 mi
  • Firefigher of 9/11 Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • Trout Ponds (Ruins): 10.6 mi
  • Ice House (ruins): 11.1 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Parking: 1.4 mi
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 1.4 mi
  • watchtower: 3.5 mi
  • Water Mill Windmill: 16.1 mi
  • Stone Table: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Butterfly Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 15.4 mi
  • West Garden: 15.4 mi
  • East Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 16
Waterfalls: 13
  • Silver Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Cascade: 21.3 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Cascade: 21.5 mi
  • Cascade: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Truman's Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brown HillN 360°112 m17.0 mi
Bushy HillNNW 331°105 m16.5 mi
Pond HillNNE 14°103 m16.1 mi
Millstone HillNNW 346°101 m16.8 mi
Orchard HillNNW 338°94 m16.4 mi
Smith HillNNE 14°89 m17.5 mi
Pumphouse HillN 9°86 m15.9 mi
Book HillNNW 343°85 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1819:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1215:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 3 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 2.51 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Orient, NY, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357593505

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