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Friars Head

Friars Head, seen from above at true elevation

Friars Head rises to 39 m in New York. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the south, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sound Avenue Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 17 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34915128, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
39 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.97093, -72.72593

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Horton Avenue Park: 2.9 mi
  • Nadel Drive Park: 3.3 mi
  • Two Bears Park: 3.6 mi
  • Unity Park: 3.7 mi
  • Stotzky Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
Beaches
Museums: 47
  • Railroad Museum of Long Island: 4.7 mi
  • Suffolk County Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory: 9.1 mi
  • Wardenclyffe: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 38
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 11
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Rain Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Longwood Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Lillian's Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 3.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 23.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade: 21.0 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillS 172°88 m6.3 mi
Long HillN 1°75 m24.8 mi
Marsh HillNW 326°72 m24.8 mi
Flanders HillSE 136°70 m9.2 mi
Moose HillN 358°68 m23.3 mi
Rock HillSSW 192°64 m8.4 mi
Lidyhites HillNNW 348°63 m24.3 mi
Beacon HillNNW 338°58 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:2019:4620:27
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1315:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441516170757468574738
Precip in3.83.34.74.13.63.83.03.94.14.53.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverhead Rsch Farm, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 974212 — Friars Head, Suffolk County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357599219

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