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Southwick Beach State Park

Southwick Beach State Park from directly overhead

Southwick Beach State Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 76 m. Castor Hill stands 452 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
76 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.76677, -76.20906

Overlooks nearby

78 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
  • Southwick Beach State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Belleville Fire Department Fireman's Park: 4.7 mi
  • Frederick Williams Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
  • Crystal Lake Waterway Access: 5.5 mi
  • Hnederson Harbor Sailing School: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 17
Nature reserves: 13
Historic sites: 4
  • Syracuse Northern Railroad bridge: 14.6 mi
  • New York Central Roundhouse: 19.9 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division: 20.9 mi
  • Gosier: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Museums: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Adirondack River Outfitters: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castor HillESE 114°452 m20.0 mi
Coey HillSE 132°373 m21.7 mi
Underwood HillENE 63°348 m21.3 mi
Myers HillSE 139°340 m18.1 mi
Shoecraft HillESE 120°327 m12.1 mi
Dry HillNE 55°288 m17.8 mi
Wheat HillSE 135°248 m12.4 mi
Lighthouse HillSE 144°219 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3919:17
June solstice05:2420:0720:51
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3615:4416:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229425463686760493827
Precip in4.13.33.03.93.93.83.74.54.05.14.24.4

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/357599073

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