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Mount Misery

Mount Misery, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Misery rises to 54 m in New York. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is White Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Suffolk County, New York, United States of America.

Wikidata Q34882556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
54 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.96010, -73.06288

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Harborfront Park: 0.8 mi
  • Founders Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mary Bayles Park: 0.9 mi
  • Rocketship Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites: 57
Peaks
  • Academy Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Sasco Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Success Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Round Hill: 17.0 mi
  • Knobb Hill: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Longwood Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 16.4 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 18.2 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Wolfie Statue: 4.4 mi
  • Umbilic Torus: 4.5 mi
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 5.7 mi
  • Nikola Tesla: 8.6 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Hercules Pavillion: 5.3 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 15.9 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 16.3 mi
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 16.5 mi
  • Exit sign: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Wolf 1: 11.9 mi
  • Wolf 3: 11.9 mi
  • Wolf 2: 11.9 mi
  • Wolf 5: 12.0 mi
  • Wolf 4: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Farmill River Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Mount Misery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillNNW179 m22.9 mi
Booth HillNNW160 m23.0 mi
Sport HillNNW154 m22.2 mi
Staples HillNNW144 m22.7 mi
Chestnut HillNNW141 m21.2 mi
Hoyden HillNNW134 m21.4 mi
Long HillN124 m22.4 mi
Jayne's HillWSW122 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4720:28
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1415:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333440506069747467564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Setauket Strong, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357571751

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