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==Geography== [[File:Mastic-beach-map.gif|left|thumb|U.S. Census map of Mastic Beach.]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP had a total area of {{convert|5.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|4.2|sqmi|km2}} was land and {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, or 20.34%, was water.<ref name="GR2" /> Mastic Beach is located on the [[South Shore (Long Island)|South Shore]] of [[Long Island]] roughly {{convert|70|mi|km}} from [[New York City]], and is accessible via the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Montauk Branch]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Powell|first=Michael R.|date=2009-04-03|title=A Struggling Area With Low Prices and a Beach|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/realestate/05livi.html|access-date=2021-08-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Nearby are [[Smith Point County Park]] and the [[Fire Island National Seashore]]. It is on a peninsula extending into [[Moriches Bay]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers=|access-date=2021-08-03|website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref> Mastic Beach is located in the [[Forge River (New York)|Forge River]]โMoriches Bay [[Drainage basin|Watershed]], and is located within the larger [[Long Island Sound]]/[[Atlantic Ocean]] Watershed.<ref name=":92">{{Cite book|title=New York Rapid Watershed Assessment Profile โ Northern Long Island Watershed|publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] Natural Resources Conservation Service|year=2011|location=[[Syracuse, New York]]}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web|title=EPA โ Waters GeoViewer|url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b|access-date=2021-07-28|website=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound Watershed - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation|url=https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48375.html#:~:text=Located%20in%20the%20Southeast%20corner,waters%20that%20drain%20into%20them.|access-date=2021-07-27|website=www.dec.ny.gov}}</ref>
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