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Execution Rocks Light is a lighthouse in New York, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sands Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse 0.9 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
Execution Rocks Light is a lighthouse in the middle of Long Island Sound on the border between New Rochelle and Sands Point, New York. It stands 55 feet (17 m) tall, with a white light flashing every 10 seconds. The granite tower is painted white with a brown band around the middle. It has an attached stone keeper's house which has not been inhabited since the light was automated in 1979.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1849.
Wikidata Q5419772, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1850
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 1.8 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 2.5 mi
- Guggenheim Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 4.4 mi
- Davenport Park: 2.1 mi
- Glen Island Park: 2.4 mi
- Neptune Park: 2.5 mi
- VFW Totlot: 2.5 mi
- Aiello Park: 2.5 mi
- Glen Island: 2.3 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 2.5 mi
- Manor Beach: 2.8 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 3.6 mi
- Sands Point Village Beach: 3.8 mi
- Bird and Butterfly Garden: 4.7 mi
- Amphitrite Pool: 4.7 mi
- Student Garden: 4.8 mi
- Couch Academic Center Garden Terrace: 4.8 mi
- The Frank J. Graziano Terrace: 4.9 mi
- Harbor Hill: 7.5 mi
- Vault Hill: 8.2 mi
- Queens High Point: 8.4 mi
- Bronx High Point: 8.8 mi
- Marble Hill: 9.0 mi
- Wilhelm Tell: 2.8 mi
- Dolphin: 3.3 mi
- Mariner Monument: 4.7 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 4.7 mi
- War Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Falaise: 2.8 mi
- Thomas Dodge Homestead: 3.5 mi
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: 3.6 mi
- Polish American Museum: 4.2 mi
- American Merchant Marine Museum: 4.5 mi
- Huguenot Yacht Club Ruins: 1.3 mi
- Peace Monument: 2.2 mi
- Mercury School Ship Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.2 mi
- City Of New York Potters Field: 2.5 mi
- Tillotson Steps: 5.4 mi
- World of Birds: 7.4 mi
- Dholes: 7.6 mi
- Monkey House: 7.6 mi
- Bears: 7.6 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 6.9 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 10.6 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 11.8 mi
- Upper Education Area: 12.0 mi
- Palisades: 10.7 mi
- The Palisades: 10.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 13.0 mi
- The Loch: 12.9 mi
- Farms Falls: 18.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 19.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 19.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 19.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 0.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 12.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 13.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 18.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 22.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Execution Rocks Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarles Hill | N 352° | 216 m | 18.9 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNW 331° | 214 m | 19.2 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNW 347° | 211 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NW 320° | 208 m | 15.4 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 354° | 180 m | 15.8 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 12° | 172 m | 15.9 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 1° | 170 m | 15.4 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 355° | 156 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station New Rochelle, NY, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 07000094OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Execution Rocks Light Station, reference 07000094, listed 02/23/07.
OpenStreetMap element way/274174816
Day trips start here
- Larchmont · 3 mi
- New Rochelle · 4 mi
- North Hempstead · 4 mi
- Pelham · 4 mi
- Port Washington · 4 mi
- Mamaroneck · 5 mi
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