Cold Spring Harbor Light
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Cold Spring Harbor Light is a lighthouse in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady Glenn Memorial Marker/Beach, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Cold Spring Harbor Light was a lighthouse located in Cold Spring Harbor on the north shore of New York's Long Island. It was built in 1890 to mark a shoal at the entrance to Cold Spring Harbor. After the lighthouse was deactivated in 1965, the original light and tower were purchased by a private individual and moved to its current location on land, one mile (1.6 km) to the southwest. An automated light tower and day beacon were erected on the original caisson, and continue to serve as a navigation aid.
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Wikidata Q5142360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1890
- Height
- 11 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lady Glenn Memorial Marker/Beach: 0.4 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 1.6 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt: 1.6 mi
- Quentin Roosevelt: 1.6 mi
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: 1.6 mi
- Centre Island Beach: 1.1 mi
- Centre Island Beach: 1.2 mi
- Fort Hill Beach: 1.3 mi
- Lloyd Beach: 1.3 mi
- Mallard Beach: 1.3 mi
- Centre Island Beach Park: 1.2 mi
- West Neck Beach: 1.7 mi
- Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Soundside Beach: 1.7 mi
- Lloyd Harbor Village Park: 1.9 mi
- Centre Island Beach Whale Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- Hank Pinkerton Memorial Compass: 1.7 mi
- Soundside Beach Mural: 1.7 mi
- Sun and Moon: 2.0 mi
- Bayville Commons Mural: 2.1 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 1.6 mi
- Old Orchard: 1.6 mi
- Joseph Lloyd Manor House: 1.8 mi
- Henry Lloyd Manor: 2.2 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Display Yard: 2.4 mi
- Pine Lane Association Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Crucifix Garden: 1.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Bayville Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 2.1 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 2.8 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 2.9 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 2.9 mi
- West Hills: 7.5 mi
- Bayville Preserve: 1.9 mi
- New York State Land: 2.1 mi
- New York State Land: 2.3 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center: 2.6 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods: 2.9 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 2.4 mi
- ATCG Tower: 4.0 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 7.4 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 11.0 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 11.1 mi
- Upper Education Area: 2.6 mi
- Lower Education Area: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 6.8 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 9.4 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 3.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 3.2 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Farms Falls: 16.0 mi
- The Falls: 17.3 mi
- Cascade: 23.3 mi
- Sheep Falls: 23.7 mi
- Cascade: 24.3 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 6.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 7.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 7.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.1 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 8.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Cold Spring Harbor Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | NW 312° | 211 m | 21.1 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NW 316° | 180 m | 19.3 mi |
| Round Hill | NNW 328° | 172 m | 16.0 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NW 319° | 170 m | 17.7 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | N 7° | 164 m | 20.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 311° | 156 m | 17.0 mi |
| Huckleberry Hills | N 5° | 141 m | 19.6 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 5° | 140 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 7.39 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bayville Bridge, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/622791161
Day trips start here
- Bayville · 2 mi
- Oyster Bay · 3 mi
- Glen Cove · 7 mi
- Roslyn · 10 mi
- Rye · 10 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 10 mi
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