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Longwood Pine Barrens State Forest

Longwood Pine Barrens State Forest from directly overhead

Longwood Pine Barrens State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Dix Hills stands 92 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Longwood Estate, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
permit

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.87103, -72.90047
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Longwood Estate: 0.4 mi
  • Brookhaven Square: 1.0 mi
  • Ridge Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • Prosser Pines County Park: 1.7 mi
  • Artist Lake Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites: 34
  • Regency Forest Pet Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Navy Seal Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Wardenclyffe Tower Base: 5.3 mi
  • Suffolk County Vietnam Veterans Memorial : 6.3 mi
Museums: 27
  • Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Sayan Center at TSCW: 5.3 mi
  • Wardenclyffe: 5.3 mi
  • Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory: 5.3 mi
  • The Mather House Museum: 10.1 mi
Peaks: 16
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 8
  • Longwood Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Rain Garden: 20.6 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Wolf 1: 16.9 mi
  • Wolf 2: 17.0 mi
  • Wolf 3: 17.0 mi
  • Wolf 5: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Exit sign: 7.4 mi
  • boulder: 8.3 mi
  • Splish Splash: 9.6 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 13.3 mi
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Longwood Pine Barrens State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dix HillsW 261°92 m24.0 mi
Signal HillW 261°90 m24.8 mi
Bald HillE 86°88 m10.0 mi
Flanders HillE 89°70 m15.5 mi
Rock HillE 100°64 m7.6 mi
Mount MiseryNW 306°54 m10.5 mi
Mattituck HillsENE 62°45 m19.5 mi
Bryan HillNNW 344°41 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4620:27
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1315:4416:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138485867737265544436
Precip in4.03.94.94.23.73.93.74.54.24.33.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upton Coop - Nwsfo NEW York, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/32026234

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