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Bay beach

Bay beach from directly overhead

Bay beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Shore Beach, a beach 1.3 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 14 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Small bay beach at the end of Bonita Road

How to reach it

Coordinates39.77473, -74.18583

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Barnegat Branch Trail: 1.4 mi
  • Sands Point Park: 2.3 mi
  • Vincent Clune Park: 3.0 mi
  • Enos Pond County Park: 4.2 mi
  • Bay Breeze Park: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 44
  • Cedar Bridge Tavern County Historic Site: 9.3 mi
  • Adventure Mini Golf: 9.3 mi
  • USS Randolph Anchor: 12.2 mi
  • Jump Island Water Park: 13.0 mi
  • Go-Karts: 13.1 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Massacre at Long Beach Island: 4.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Chief Pohatcong Monument: 14.7 mi
  • Early History of Beach Haven: 15.0 mi
  • Brooksbrae/Pasadena Terracotta Factory: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 19
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 15
Peaks: 9
Gardens: 7
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 13.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bay beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forked River MountainNW 311°56 m7.6 mi
Apple Pie HillW 276°56 m21.5 mi
East MountainNW 313°55 m7.5 mi
Pine HillNW 308°54 m7.7 mi
Spring HillW 270°52 m14.3 mi
Bear Swamp HillW 264°48 m14.9 mi
Stony HillN 358°40 m20.4 mi
Jemima MountW 259°31 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:3019:4820:29
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1515:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340506069757365544437
Precip in4.43.24.93.83.63.94.55.04.74.53.75.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toms River, 12 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Waretown, NJ, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1265688768

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