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West Neck Beach

West Neck Beach from directly overhead

West Neck Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the north, 22 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The story

beach in Suffolk County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q49325263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90213, -73.48049

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Neck Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Lloyd Harbor Village Park: 0.4 mi
  • Gold Star Battalion Park: 2.4 mi
  • Cold Spring Harbor Park: 2.4 mi
  • Centre Island Beach Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.4 mi
  • West Hills: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 30
  • Upper Education Area: 2.7 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 7
  • Farms Falls: 16.9 mi
  • The Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Cascade: 23.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Cascade: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of West Neck Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillN 0°184 m21.5 mi
Reynolds HillNW 313°180 m20.6 mi
Round HillNW 324°172 m17.2 mi
Cooney HillNW 316°170 m19.0 mi
Comstock KnollN 3°164 m21.0 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 308°156 m18.4 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 1°141 m19.9 mi
Canoe HillN 0°140 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

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

Mean tidal range 7.3 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/747038566

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