Southwick Beach State Park
Southwick Beach State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Castor Hill stands 452 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 13.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 13.6 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Meteorology Observation Deck · 27 mi
79 named places within 25 miles
- Southwick Beach State Park: 0.3 mi
- Belleville Fire Department Fireman's Park: 4.5 mi
- Frederick Williams Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Waterway Access: 5.5 mi
- Hnederson Harbor Sailing School: 6.1 mi
- Colwell Hill: 4.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.9 mi
- Torrey Hill: 5.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 9.5 mi
- Shoecraft Hill: 11.8 mi
- Lakeview Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Henderson Shores Unique Area: 6.5 mi
- Gull Island Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Washington Park: 10.8 mi
- Sandy Creek State Forest: 12.8 mi
- Syracuse Northern Railroad bridge: 14.3 mi
- New York Central Roundhouse: 19.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 20.8 mi
- Gosier: 24.8 mi
- Southwick Beach: 0.5 mi
- Gilmore Shore: 12.7 mi
- North Shore: 19.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 19.1 mi
- Salmon River Falls: 19.9 mi
- Sackets Harbor Historical Society: 13.3 mi
- Jefferson County Historical Society: 20.6 mi
- Adirondack River Outfitters: 20.8 mi
- Woodward Sidehill: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Southwick Beach State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castor Hill | ESE 113° | 452 m | 19.7 mi |
| Coey Hill | SE 132° | 373 m | 21.4 mi |
| Underwood Hill | ENE 62° | 348 m | 21.2 mi |
| Myers Hill | SE 139° | 340 m | 17.8 mi |
| Shoecraft Hill | ESE 120° | 327 m | 11.8 mi |
| Dry Hill | NE 54° | 288 m | 17.7 mi |
| Wheat Hill | SE 135° | 248 m | 12.1 mi |
| Lighthouse Hill | SE 144° | 219 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:07 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:44 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski, 14 mi away.
- Northern Leopard Frog17 obs
- Beach Wormwood16 obs
- Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle10 obs
- Ring-billed Gull9 obs
- mayapple9 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit8 obs
- Red Clover7 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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