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Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge

The Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge was established July 20, 1971, as a land gift from Stanley Howard. The 60-acre (24 ha) refuge is located in the hamlet of North Sea, New York, on the north shore of Long Island's south fork. The refuge protects grasslands, oak-beech forest, shrub habitats, kettle holes, freshwater marsh and salt marsh.

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Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, in the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

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DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateNew York
Size62 acres
FWS regionRegion 5
Center point40.94° N, 72.42° W
Night skyVery dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 35)

Boundary map

1 outline

Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees

The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 3.61 inches of precipitationFebruary: 3.12 inches of precipitationMarch: 4.25 inches of precipitationApril: 4.06 inches of precipitationMay: 3.45 inches of precipitationJune: 3.75 inches of precipitationJuly: 3.08 inches of precipitationAugust: 4.12 inches of precipitationSeptember: 3.79 inches of precipitationOctober: 4.04 inches of precipitationNovember: 3.50 inches of precipitationDecember: 4.26 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 30.4°F averageFebruary: 32.0°F averageMarch: 38.3°F averageApril: 47.8°F averageMay: 57.7°F averageJune: 67.0°F averageJuly: 73.3°F averageAugust: 72.9°F averageSeptember: 65.6°F averageOctober: 54.8°F averageNovember: 44.6°F averageDecember: 35.8°F average0 in1 in2 in3 in4 in5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Mattituck, 6 miles from the center point at 20 feet, station USC00305142 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 45 inches a year.

Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.

Explore

Nearby on the other atlases

National Register listings within 15 miles · 70 in all · Register Atlas

Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.

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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge?

62 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge in?

New York.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 40.942° N, 72.421° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 70 listings within 15 miles, including Firefighter and Rosemary Lodge.

Source: Register Atlas

Sources

  • Boundary, name: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge boundary layer.
  • States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
  • Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings.
  • Photograph: the image Wikidata records for this refuge (Q5162719), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
  • Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
  • Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
  • Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.