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White Beach

White Beach from directly overhead

White Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Misery, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.96899, -73.06622

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McAllister County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Centennial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Harborfront Park: 1.4 mi
  • Founders Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mary Bayles Park: 1.5 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Misery: 0.6 mi
  • Academy Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Sasco Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Success Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Round Hill: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 57
Gardens: 51
  • Longwood Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 15.8 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 32
  • Wolfie Statue: 4.8 mi
  • Umbilic Torus: 4.8 mi
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 5.9 mi
  • Nikola Tesla: 8.9 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Hercules Pavillion: 5.5 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 15.3 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 16.3 mi
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 17.1 mi
  • Exit sign: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Wolf 1: 12.3 mi
  • Wolf 3: 12.3 mi
  • Wolf 2: 12.3 mi
  • Wolf 5: 12.3 mi
  • Wolf 4: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Farmill River Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of White Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillNNW179 m22.3 mi
Booth HillNNW160 m22.3 mi
Sport HillNNW154 m21.6 mi
Staples HillNNW144 m22.1 mi
Chestnut HillNNW141 m20.6 mi
Hoyden HillNNW134 m20.8 mi
Coram HillN130 m22.7 mi
Long HillN124 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4720:28
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1415:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333440506069747467564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Setauket Strong, 2 mi away.

Mean tidal range 6.44 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Cedar Beach, NY, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357597107

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