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Shinnecock Monument

Shinnecock Monument from directly overhead

Shinnecock Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Meschutt Beach County Park, a park 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Seal of the Shinnecock Indian Reservation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88909, -72.50609

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Meschutt Beach County Park: 0.5 mi
  • Good Ground Park: 1.3 mi
  • Red Creek Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bay s park: 1.7 mi
  • Foster Avenue Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 43
Museums: 34
  • Shinnecock Indian Cultural Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Southampton Historical Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Halsey Homestead: 6.2 mi
  • Charles Banks Nature Center: 6.9 mi
  • Quogue Historical Society Museum: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 15
Peaks: 10
  • Shinnecock Hills: 2.2 mi
  • Flanders Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Mattituck Hills: 8.7 mi
  • Oregon Hills: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Rain Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Longwood Community Garden: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shinnecock Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 267°88 m10.7 mi
Flanders HillW 259°70 m5.2 mi
Rock HillW 259°64 m13.4 mi
Mattituck HillsNNW 337°45 m8.7 mi
Jacobs HillNNW 327°40 m8.5 mi
Friars HeadWNW 296°39 m12.8 mi
Browns HillsNNE 31°33 m21.4 mi
Powder HillENE 60°31 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1919:4520:26
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1215:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293137465666727164534435
Precip in3.22.74.33.83.33.52.93.73.84.63.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westhampton Gabreski AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8126914971

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