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Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station

Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station from directly overhead

Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Prospect Hill stands 47 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is COAST GUARD BEACH, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Amagansett U.S. Lifesaving Station & Coast Guard Station Museum tells of the station's role in stopping the Nazi sabotage plot during World War II, where a team of four saboteurs were delivered by U-Boat to cause terror in the U.S. Homeland.

About

The story

historic building in Amagansett, New York, United States

Wikidata Q137300824, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.97040, -72.12532

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Abrahams Path Recreation Park: 1.7 mi
  • East Hampton Youth Park: 1.8 mi
  • Little Albert’s Park: 1.9 mi
  • Big Albert’s Park: 2.0 mi
  • Pantigo Ballfield: 2.4 mi
Beaches: 59
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 25
Peaks: 18
  • Powder Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Hither Hills: 7.7 mi
  • Whale Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Browns Hills: 15.4 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Big Bird: 14.6 mi
  • Lost At Sea: 15.6 mi
  • Sweet Shoppe: 21.4 mi
  • Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 21.4 mi
  • Stonehenge Replica: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Rain Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 22.9 mi
  • West Garden: 22.9 mi
  • East Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Water Mill Windmill: 12.6 mi
  • Amsterdam Beach Trail: 13.2 mi
  • Parking: 14.2 mi
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 14.2 mi
  • watchtower: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillENE 63°47 m13.6 mi
Mattituck HillsW 276°45 m23.3 mi
Jacobs HillW 274°40 m24.6 mi
ChocomountNNE 21°39 m23.0 mi
Lamphere HillN 359°39 m24.2 mi
Whale HillNNE 12°35 m9.2 mi
Browns HillsNW 325°33 m15.4 mi
Durfey HillN 355°32 m24.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1719:4320:25
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1115:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313238475666727164544436
Precip in4.03.64.94.33.63.93.23.94.84.73.85.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgehampton, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/902261073

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