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Watermill Beach

Watermill Beach from directly overhead

Watermill Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Downs Family Recreational Park, a park 1.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Suffolk County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q49325230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88677, -72.34175

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Downs Family Recreational Park: 1.6 mi
  • South East Field: 1.9 mi
  • Robert Welsh Garden: 2.0 mi
  • David Whites Lane Park: 2.2 mi
  • Agawam Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Beaches: 33
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 14
Peaks: 12
  • Shinnecock Hills: 6.3 mi
  • Powder Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Flanders Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Oregon Hills: 13.9 mi
  • Mattituck Hills: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Rain Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 269°88 m19.2 mi
Flanders HillW 267°70 m13.8 mi
Rock HillW 264°64 m21.9 mi
Mattituck HillsNW 304°45 m14.4 mi
Jacobs HillWNW 299°40 m15.1 mi
Friars HeadWNW 286°39 m20.9 mi
Whale HillNE 42°35 m19.8 mi
Browns HillsN 8°33 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1919:4420:25
September equinox06:3818:1218:48
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, 5 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Noyack Bay, NY, 8 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357595268

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