Wonder Wheel
Wonder Wheel is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dizzy Dragons, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Ferris wheel in Coney Island
Dates from 1920.
Wikidata Q1465377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1920-05
- Height
- 46 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dizzy Dragons: 0.0 mi
- Circus Coaster: 0.0 mi
- Sea Serpent: 0.0 mi
- Big Foot: 0.0 mi
- Pepsi Pit Stop: 0.0 mi
- Coney Island Beach: 0.1 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 1.8 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 2.3 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 3.0 mi
- Fort Tilden Beach: 4.6 mi
- K. 159: 0.1 mi
- First Symphony of the Sea: 0.2 mi
- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument: 0.3 mi
- Tagging Robot: 0.4 mi
- Giant Squid: 0.5 mi
- Luna Playground: 0.1 mi
- Steeplechase Park: 0.3 mi
- Neptune Playground: 0.3 mi
- Asser Levy Park: 0.4 mi
- Seaside Park: 0.5 mi
- To All Veterans, Living or Dead: 0.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Bill Brown Post Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Santos White Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- West 23rd Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 0.8 mi
- Edible Schoolyard NYC: 1.2 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 1.8 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 3.3 mi
- Swinburne Island: 3.8 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 4.3 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 4.7 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 5.9 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 3.7 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 4.2 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 4.4 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 4.6 mi
- Mont Sec House: 4.7 mi
- Battle Hill: 5.8 mi
- Lookout Hill: 5.8 mi
- Fox Hills: 5.9 mi
- Breeze Hill: 5.9 mi
- Quaker Hill: 6.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.6 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 8.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 9.4 mi
- Palisades: 12.2 mi
- Palisades: 13.7 mi
- Palisades: 16.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Hawk Hill: 20.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 7.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.9 mi
- North Tower: 12.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.3 mi
- The Loch: 15.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 20.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 14.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.1 mi
- Barber: 14.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wonder Wheel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 320° | 179 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 310° | 175 m | 21.3 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 312° | 134 m | 24.4 mi |
| Todt Hill | WNW 284° | 125 m | 7.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 221° | 120 m | 16.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 219° | 106 m | 16.0 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 49° | 106 m | 23.6 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 303° | 92 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4080306783
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 8 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 9 mi
- Staten Island · 9 mi
- Bayonne · 10 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 10 mi
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