COAST GUARD BEACH
COAST GUARD BEACH is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Prospect Hill stands 47 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- U.S. LIFE-SAVING STATION BUILT IN 1902. IN JUNE 1942 GUARDSMAN JOHN CULLEN DISCOVERED FOUR GERMAN SABOTEURS ON THIS BEACH. WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge: 0.2 mi
- Silver Beech Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Red Dirt Preserve: 2.2 mi
- High Point Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Accabonac Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Abrahams Path Recreation Park: 1.7 mi
- East Hampton Youth Park: 1.8 mi
- Little Albert’s Park: 1.9 mi
- Big Albert’s Park: 2.0 mi
- Pantigo Ballfield: 2.4 mi
- Louse Point: 3.4 mi
- Gerard Drive Beach: 3.8 mi
- Napeague Beach: 4.3 mi
- Iodine Beach: 5.3 mi
- Maidstone Park Beach: 5.5 mi
- Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station: 0.0 mi
- Historical Farm Museum: 3.0 mi
- Guild Hall: 3.5 mi
- Mulford Farm Museum: 3.6 mi
- Home, Sweet Home Museum: 3.6 mi
- First Sheep Fold Site 1684: 3.0 mi
- May Groot Manson 1859-1917: 3.4 mi
- Camp 5 Building (ruins): 6.1 mi
- Ice House (ruins): 8.8 mi
- Trout Ponds (Ruins): 11.8 mi
- Powder Hill: 6.3 mi
- Hither Hills: 7.7 mi
- Whale Hill: 9.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 13.6 mi
- Browns Hills: 15.4 mi
- Big Bird: 14.6 mi
- Lost At Sea: 15.6 mi
- Sweet Shoppe: 21.4 mi
- Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 21.4 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 22.6 mi
- Acabonack Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Hedges Bank: 7.2 mi
- Crow Head: 9.1 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 10.4 mi
- Ram Head: 10.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 21.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 22.9 mi
- West Garden: 22.9 mi
- East Garden: 22.9 mi
- Cutting Garden: 23.0 mi
- Water Mill Windmill: 12.7 mi
- Amsterdam Beach Trail: 13.2 mi
- Slaves Burying Ground: 14.2 mi
- watchtower: 15.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of COAST GUARD BEACH. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | ENE 63° | 47 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mattituck Hills | W 276° | 45 m | 23.4 mi |
| Jacobs Hill | W 274° | 40 m | 24.6 mi |
| Chocomount | NNE 21° | 39 m | 23.0 mi |
| Lamphere Hill | N 359° | 39 m | 24.2 mi |
| Whale Hill | NNE 12° | 35 m | 9.2 mi |
| Browns Hills | NW 325° | 33 m | 15.4 mi |
| Durfey Hill | N 355° | 32 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgehampton, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8380678192
Day trips start here
- Groton · 26 mi
- Old Lyme · 26 mi
- Old Saybrook · 26 mi
- Waterford · 26 mi
- East Lyme · 27 mi
- New London · 27 mi
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