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Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge

Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is North Sea Bathing Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 8.5 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1964
Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Access
permit

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.94271, -72.41993

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • North Sea Fire Department Memorial Athletic Field: 0.9 mi
  • Wolf Swamp Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
  • Wolf Swamp Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
  • Emma Rose Elliston Park: 1.3 mi
  • Windward Way Park: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 57
Museums: 37
Historic sites: 32
Peaks: 17
  • Shinnecock Hills: 4.4 mi
  • Oregon Hills: 8.3 mi
  • Mattituck Hills: 8.9 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Powder Hill: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Rain Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWSW 254°88 m15.8 mi
Flanders HillWSW 244°70 m10.7 mi
Rock HillWSW 250°64 m18.8 mi
Mattituck HillsWNW 299°45 m8.9 mi
Jacobs HillWNW 290°40 m9.8 mi
Friars HeadW 277°39 m16.1 mi
Whale HillENE 58°35 m20.4 mi
Murdock HillN 353°35 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1919:4420:26
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1215:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737366554536
Precip in3.63.14.24.13.53.83.14.13.84.03.54.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mattituck, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • groundsel tree19 obs
  • Seaside Dragonlet11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer9 obs
  • Carolina Sea Lavender9 obs
  • American chestnut8 obs
  • garlic mustard8 obs
  • Osprey8 obs
  • low pricklypear7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/597553535

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