Blue Point Box Turtle
Blue Point Box Turtle is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Former railway station in Blue Point, the United States of America.
Wikidata Q4929638, matched on coordinates and name (582 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Henrietta Acampora Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- Bryan Anderson Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Corey North Park: 0.5 mi
- Roe Park: 0.6 mi
- Corey Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- Blue Point Nature Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Namkee Creek Tidal Wetlands Area: 1.1 mi
- Sans Souci County Park: 1.4 mi
- Fish Thicket Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Pepperidge Hall Marsh State Tidal Wetland: 5.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Blue Point Nature Preserve Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- East End Tricentennial - Time Capsule 2083: 1.4 mi
- Lt. Michael Murphy Memorial Monument: 4.1 mi
- Lt. Michael P. Murphy Memorial : 6.5 mi
- Corey Beach: 0.7 mi
- Oak Rd. Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sayville Bathing Beach: 2.3 mi
- Foster Ave Beach: 2.5 mi
- Green's Creek Beach: 3.2 mi
- Suffolk County Marine Museum West: 3.1 mi
- Long Island Maritime Museum: 3.3 mi
- Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Bayard Cutting Estate Mansion: 6.4 mi
- Islip Town Firefighters Museum: 8.1 mi
- Long Island Dahlia Garden: 6.3 mi
- Longwood Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Community Reflection Garden: 11.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 12.7 mi
- Carlls River Botanical Garden: 16.2 mi
- Art Gallery: 4.2 mi
- Long Island: 8.1 mi
- Animal Sculptures: 9.4 mi
- Wolfie Statue: 12.3 mi
- Umbilic Torus: 12.4 mi
- Mount Misery: 14.7 mi
- Rock Hill: 16.4 mi
- Dix Hills: 17.1 mi
- Half Hollow Hills: 17.5 mi
- Signal Hill: 17.8 mi
- Long Island Maritime Museum: 3.4 mi
- Hercules Pavillion: 13.0 mi
- Exit sign: 16.9 mi
- boulder: 17.8 mi
- Splish Splash: 20.2 mi
- Wolf 1: 11.2 mi
- Wolf 2: 11.3 mi
- Wolf 3: 11.3 mi
- Wolf 4: 11.3 mi
- Wolf 5: 11.4 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 14.9 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Point Box Turtle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | WNW 283° | 122 m | 20.7 mi |
| West Hills | WNW 283° | 106 m | 21.0 mi |
| Dix Hills | WNW 287° | 92 m | 17.1 mi |
| Signal Hill | WNW 286° | 90 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | ENE 62° | 88 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | W 279° | 85 m | 22.0 mi |
| Half Hollow Hills | W 279° | 77 m | 17.5 mi |
| Flanders Hill | ENE 69° | 70 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:45 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 75 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molloy Cercom, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9236247453
Day trips start here
- South Oyster Bay · 25 mi
- Oyster Bay · 27 mi
- Merrick · 28 mi
- Nassau County · 28 mi
- Bayville · 29 mi
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