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West Beach

West Beach from directly overhead

West Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Heckscher State Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69899, -73.16984

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heckscher State Park: 0.6 mi
  • Islip Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Bayard Cutting Arboretum: 2.4 mi
  • East Islip Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Oak Park: 2.6 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Great River Depot: 2.9 mi
  • State Hospital: 5.9 mi
  • East End Tricentennial - Time Capsule 2083: 6.4 mi
  • 9/11: 6.4 mi
  • Lt. Michael Murphy Memorial Monument: 7.3 mi
Gardens
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Walled Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Garden of Serenity: 11.8 mi
Museums: 57
Artworks: 53
  • Long Island: 4.7 mi
  • Art Gallery: 7.3 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 10.0 mi
  • Bearer of Peace: 12.0 mi
  • Pray Mantis: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Wolf 1: 9.8 mi
  • Wolf 2: 9.9 mi
  • Wolf 4: 9.9 mi
  • Wolf 3: 9.9 mi
  • Wolf 5: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 15.2 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 17.6 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 17.9 mi
  • Jamaica: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 10.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW 301°122 m15.6 mi
West HillsWNW 301°106 m15.9 mi
Dix HillsNW 310°92 m12.7 mi
Signal HillNW 308°90 m13.2 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW 295°85 m16.5 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW 300°77 m12.1 mi
Rock HillENE 64°64 m24.0 mi
Mill Neck PeakWNW 302°59 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4720:28
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, 4 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Great River, Connetquot River, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357595593

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