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West Hampton Dunes New York Map

Explore West Hampton Dunes, New York, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of West Hampton Dunes, New York

How to Use This West Hampton Dunes, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Hampton Dunes, New York. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New York or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to West Hampton Dunes.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	West Hampton Dunes
State	New York (NY)
County	Suffolk County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.775932
Longitude	-72.715376
Population	126
Density	150.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	11978
Area Code	914, 845
County Seat	Riverhead
School District	Remsenburg-Speonk Union Free School District

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About West Hampton Dunes, New York

West Hampton Dunes is a locality in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 126. The population density is 150.2 people per km². West Hampton Dunes is located at 40.7759°N, 72.7154°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. West Hampton Dunes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 11978.

West Hampton Dunes exists as a precarious, slender ribbon of sand defined by the relentless cadence of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 6.8 miles east-southeast of Mastic, NY (from Mastic, NY: bearing 105°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-southeast of Shirley. Salt-heavy air clings to the dune grass, which bows in rhythmic submission to the persistent maritime winds that scour the shoreline. The landscape is a fragile intersection of shifting grains and sea-foam, where the horizon dissolves into an infinite, shifting gray. Inland, the horizon remains flat and uncluttered, lacking the jagged interference of the distant Appalachian Mountains, which exist only as a theoretical silhouette far beyond the reach of the tide. The proximity to the open water dictates the very composition of the ground, a porous, unstable earth that requires constant vigilance against the encroaching swells.

History here is marked by the volatile dialogue between human architecture and the erosive power of the Atlantic Ocean, a struggle that fundamentally shapes the local economy and the necessity of specialized coastal management. Residents of West Hampton Dunes prioritize the preservation of the shoreline, often finding respite near the quiet, freshwater stillness of Mill Pond or the meandering path of Heils Creek. The proximity to the protected stretches of SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT Land provides a rare, undisturbed buffer that allows the local ecosystem to persist amidst the encroaching tide. To the west, the marshy silhouettes of Swan Island emerge from the water like a dark, submerged spine, while the distant, sunken basin of Henrys Hollow remains a world away from the salt-sprayed reality of this narrow barrier. Life in West Hampton Dunes is defined by this constant, quiet awareness of the water, a place where the economy of survival is written in the maintenance of revetments and the slow, deliberate pulse of the changing seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cupsoque County Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 275° W
Moriches Bay Marine Waterway Access (State Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 303° NW
State Boat Launch (State Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 302° NW
Havens Point State Tidal Wetland (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 332° NW
Fire Island National Seashore (Marine Protected Area) — 2.0 mi, 272° W
TOWN OF BROOKHAVENC/O DEPT OF FINANCE Land (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 301° NW
Southampton Town Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 002° N
Eastport Pine Barrens State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 348° N
Shrine of Our Lady of the Island (Public Artwork) — 5.5 mi, 336° NW
William Floyd Estate (Nature Reserve) — 6.0 mi, 269° W
Exit sign (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 340° N
Boulder (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 348° N
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 270° W · 7,995 acres
Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.5 mi, 249° W · 1,205 acres
Calverton Ponds Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.4 mi, 329° NW
Splish Splash (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 356° N
Penguin Exhibit (Aquarium) — 10.2 mi, 017° N
World Trade Center Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 351° N
Brookhaven State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 322° NW
Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 319° NW
Wildwood State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 343° N
Shinnecock Monument (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 054° NE
Battles of Penny’s and Luce’s Landing (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 021° N
112 Video (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 273° W
Avram Theater and Gallery (Arts Centre) — 16.1 mi, 062° NE
Clare Rose Playhouse (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 270° W
The Pennysaver Amphitheater at Bald Hill (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 286° W
MovieLand Cinemas (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 297° NW
The Artist Study Gallery & Studio (Gallery) — 18.7 mi, 066° NE
Chandler Estate (Historic Ruins) — 20.2 mi, 308° NW

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