Eatons Neck Light
Eatons Neck Light is a lighthouse in New York, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.
Built in 1798, Eaton's Neck Lighthouse is still in operation as an active aid to navigation.
The story
Eatons Neck Light has served as a navigational aid since its construction in 1798. Designed by John McComb, Jr.. It is one of only two 18th-century lighthouses still standing in New York State, the other being the Montauk Point Light.
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Dates from 1798.
Wikidata Q16890843, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1798
- Elevation
- 20 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 20.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gold Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Sarah H. Rupert Water Bird Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge: 2.8 mi
- Henry Ingraham Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Fuchs Pond Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Asharoken Beach: 1.4 mi
- Seacrest Estates Beach: 2.7 mi
- Hawk Hill Beach: 2.7 mi
- East Beach: 2.9 mi
- Lloyd Neck Estates Beach: 3.1 mi
- Price's Bend Beach: 1.7 mi
- Hobart Beach Park: 2.0 mi
- Asharoken Beach: 3.3 mi
- Northport Soccer Park: 3.3 mi
- Crescent Beach Town Park: 3.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Crucifix Garden: 5.3 mi
- Organic Demonstration Site #1: 8.0 mi
- Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion, and Planetarium: 3.7 mi
- Northport Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Henry Lloyd Manor: 4.7 mi
- Joseph Lloyd Manor House: 5.1 mi
- The Arsenal: 5.6 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 4.2 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 7.3 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 9.4 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 9.5 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.6 mi
- WW II Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Gold Star Battalion Beach Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Caumsett: 4.5 mi
- Lloyd Harbor: 4.7 mi
- Centerport Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Heron Statue: 4.4 mi
- Mary and Jesus: 5.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Inferno: 6.2 mi
- Three Condors: 7.0 mi
- Lower Education Area: 8.3 mi
- Upper Education Area: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area C: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 10.9 mi
- Wolf 5: 12.1 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 3.7 mi
- ATCG Tower: 7.6 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 8.0 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 8.8 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 9.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 6.8 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 8.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 8.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 8.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 3.7 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 4.1 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Farms Falls: 16.5 mi
- Cascade: 20.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 20.1 mi
- Cascade: 20.2 mi
- Sheep Falls: 20.4 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 11.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 8.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 18.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Eatons Neck Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | NNW 347° | 184 m | 18.5 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 306° | 172 m | 17.8 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | N 349° | 164 m | 17.8 mi |
| Huckleberry Hills | NNW 346° | 141 m | 16.9 mi |
| Canoe Hill | NNW 343° | 140 m | 15.3 mi |
| Camfield Hill | N 6° | 123 m | 18.2 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | S 189° | 122 m | 9.7 mi |
| Ferris Hill | NNW 343° | 120 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:45 | 16:29 |
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, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 7.15 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Eatons Neck Point, NY, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73001273OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1070476272
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- Oyster Bay · 9 mi
- Stamford · 13 mi
- Glen Cove · 14 mi
- Port Chester · 15 mi
- Rye · 15 mi
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