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Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge

Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Islip Beach, a park 0.6 miles away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1968
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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Coordinates40.71390, -73.20663
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Islip Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Town Hall West Fields: 1.3 mi
  • East Islip Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Brookwood Hall Park: 1.4 mi
  • Bay Shore Marina Park: 1.8 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Reflection Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Walled Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Garden of Serenity: 9.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Long Island: 3.6 mi
  • Art Gallery: 7.7 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 9.2 mi
  • Bearer of Peace: 9.8 mi
  • Pray Mantis: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Wolf 1: 8.5 mi
  • Wolf 2: 8.5 mi
  • Wolf 4: 8.5 mi
  • Wolf 3: 8.5 mi
  • Wolf 5: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 12
Attractions: 9
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 14.4 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 15.7 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 16.1 mi
  • Jamaica: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW 302°122 m13.4 mi
West HillsWNW 301°106 m13.8 mi
Harbor HillWNW 285°106 m23.4 mi
Dix HillsNW 313°92 m10.5 mi
Signal HillNW 310°90 m11.1 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW 294°85 m14.3 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW 300°77 m10.0 mi
Mill Neck PeakWNW 303°59 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2319:4720:28
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1415:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495868757567564638
Precip in3.54.64.43.83.53.74.65.84.43.63.04.9

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

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer60 obs
  • Wild Turkey29 obs
  • Spring Peeper24 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle24 obs
  • common reed22 obs
  • Osprey21 obs
  • Canada Goose20 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage18 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/965919156

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