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Wardenclyffe Tower Base

Wardenclyffe Tower Base from directly overhead

Wardenclyffe Tower Base is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Allington Hill stands 92 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nikola Tesla, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.94728, -72.89824

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Veteran's memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Kelli Harkins Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Regency Forest Pet Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Chandler Estate: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • Shoreham Bluffs County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Shoreham Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Defense Hill Park: 1.5 mi
  • Robert S Reid Community Center: 1.6 mi
  • Robert Miner Park: 2.3 mi
Beaches
Museums: 43
  • Sayan Center at TSCW: 0.0 mi
  • Wardenclyffe: 0.1 mi
  • Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory: 0.1 mi
  • Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum: 3.4 mi
  • The Mather House Museum: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 41
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 15
  • Longwood Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Rain Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
  • Wolf 1: 18.5 mi
  • Wolf 3: 18.6 mi
  • Wolf 2: 18.6 mi
  • Wolf 5: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Farmill River Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Cascade: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Allington HillN 351°92 m24.3 mi
Bald HillESE 115°88 m10.9 mi
Marsh HillNNW 348°72 m22.7 mi
Flanders HillESE 108°70 m16.1 mi
Rock HillSE 132°64 m9.9 mi
Georges Cellar HillNNW 339°64 m23.6 mi
Turkey HillNNW 339°62 m24.8 mi
Prospect HillNNW 331°60 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4620:28
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1415:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138485867737265544436
Precip in4.03.94.94.23.73.93.74.54.24.33.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upton Coop - Nwsfo NEW York, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/185195882

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