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Ridge Pine Barrens State Forest and Maintenance Center

Ridge Pine Barrens State Forest and Maintenance Center from directly overhead

Ridge Pine Barrens State Forest and Maintenance Center is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Dix Hills stands 92 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridge Conservation Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90019, -72.89268

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ridge Conservation Area: 0.1 mi
  • Ridge Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Leisure Knoll Park: 0.8 mi
  • Brookhaven Square: 2.2 mi
  • Longwood Estate: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites: 43
  • Regency Forest Pet Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Wardenclyffe Tower Base: 3.3 mi
  • Veteran's memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Navy Seal Memorial: 6.1 mi
Museums: 31
  • Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Sayan Center at TSCW: 3.3 mi
  • Wardenclyffe: 3.3 mi
  • Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory: 3.3 mi
  • The Mather House Museum: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 19
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 10
  • Longwood Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Rain Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 22.5 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Grove: 8.5 mi
  • Wolf 1: 17.7 mi
  • Wolf 2: 17.8 mi
  • Wolf 3: 17.8 mi
  • Wolf 5: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dix HillsWSW 257°92 m24.8 mi
Bald HillE 98°88 m9.6 mi
Flanders HillE 97°70 m15.2 mi
Rock HillESE 116°64 m7.8 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 295°54 m9.8 mi
Clark HillNNW 343°48 m23.3 mi
Mattituck HillsENE 67°45 m18.3 mi
Jones HillN 350°44 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4620:28
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1315:4316:27

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429417074

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