West Neck Beach
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. The nearest named place is Druid Ruins, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 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
- 13.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Cold Spring Harbor State Park: 2.8 mi
- Lloyd Beach: 0.6 mi
- Fort Hill Beach: 1.1 mi
- Mallard Beach: 1.4 mi
- Lloydhaven Beach: 1.9 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 2.0 mi
- 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
- New York State Land: 0.5 mi
- Fiske Bird Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Jennings Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Mill Cove Waterfowl Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Shore Road Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Joseph Lloyd Manor House: 0.9 mi
- Henry Lloyd Manor: 1.1 mi
- Old Orchard: 1.4 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 1.6 mi
- Preservation Long Islannd: 2.5 mi
- Mary and Jesus: 0.5 mi
- Sun and Moon: 2.0 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bird Fountain: 2.6 mi
- Three Condors: 2.7 mi
- Centre Island Beach Whale Sculpture: 3.0 mi
- ATCG Tower: 3.0 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 3.1 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 5.9 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 11.4 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 11.5 mi
- Crucifix Garden: 0.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.1 mi
- Pine Lane Association Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Victorian Garden: 3.4 mi
- Colonial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Druid Ruins: 0.3 mi
- Rosemary Farm Ruins: 0.4 mi
- Msgr. Charles R. Fink: 0.5 mi
- Joseph Lloyd Manor: 0.8 mi
- Lloyd Harbor: 1.0 mi
- 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
- Cooper Bluff: 1.0 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 2.6 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Raven's Rock: 22.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 1.6 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 5.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 8.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 13.4 mi
- 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
- Farms Falls: 16.9 mi
- Sheep Falls: 23.9 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 24.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 9.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of West Neck Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | N 0° | 184 m | 21.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NW 313° | 180 m | 20.6 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 324° | 172 m | 17.2 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NW 316° | 170 m | 19.0 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | N 3° | 164 m | 21.0 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 308° | 156 m | 18.4 mi |
| Huckleberry Hills | N 1° | 141 m | 19.9 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 0° | 140 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/747038566
Day trips start here
- Bayville · 4 mi
- Oyster Bay · 4 mi
- Glen Cove · 8 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 10 mi
- Roslyn · 11 mi
- Flower Hill · 12 mi
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