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Wainscott Beach

Wainscott Beach from directly overhead

Wainscott Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fulling Mill Farm Preserve, a park 1.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Suffolk County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q49325179, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.92649, -72.23814

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fulling Mill Farm Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Stephen Hands Path Recreational Facility: 2.1 mi
  • Poxabogue County Park: 2.9 mi
  • Poxabogue County Park: 3.0 mi
  • Home, Sweet Home Museum: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves: 48
Beaches: 38
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 18
Peaks: 11
  • Powder Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Shinnecock Hills: 12.0 mi
  • Whale Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Hither Hills: 14.4 mi
  • Browns Hills: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Water Mill Windmill: 6.2 mi
  • watchtower: 13.7 mi
  • Parking: 14.4 mi
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 14.5 mi
  • Amsterdam Beach Trail: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Big Bird: 11.2 mi
  • Sweet Shoppe: 16.1 mi
  • Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 16.1 mi
  • Lost At Sea: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Rain Garden: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 263°88 m24.9 mi
Flanders HillW 259°70 m19.5 mi
Prospect HillENE 63°47 m20.2 mi
Mattituck HillsWNW 287°45 m18.2 mi
Jacobs HillWNW 284°40 m19.2 mi
Whale HillNNE 33°35 m14.3 mi
Browns HillsN 350°33 m15.9 mi
Powder HillN 2°31 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1819:4420:25
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1115:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313238475666727164544436
Precip in4.03.64.94.33.63.93.23.94.84.73.85.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgehampton, 4 mi away.

Mean tidal range 2.41 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Sag Harbor, NY, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357594681

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