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Brick Beach

Brick Beach from directly overhead

Brick Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Goshen Mountain stands 396 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Montrose Point State Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Former brick factory dumping site; shoreline covered in discarded bricks.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.24486, -73.95212

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunset Park: 0.5 mi
  • Verplanck Waterfront Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lents Cove Park: 2.0 mi
  • Lowland Town Park: 2.1 mi
  • Charles Point Park: 2.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Race Track Reservoir: 2.0 mi
  • Judges Stand: 2.0 mi
  • McAndrews Estate: 2.0 mi
  • Silo: 2.1 mi
  • Cow Barn: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Arc: 2.8 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 3.7 mi
  • River Arch: 7.4 mi
  • General Patton: 10.2 mi
  • General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 10.2 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 59
  • Hell Hole: 5.9 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 6.0 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 9.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 10.6 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 2.6 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 2.8 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 5.4 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 9.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 22
Picnic sites: 16
  • Kakiat Park: 10.9 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 19.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 24.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 24.1 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 24.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Brick Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goshen MountainWNW 287°396 m6.6 mi
Bear MountainNNW 329°394 m5.5 mi
Rockhouse MountainW 267°387 m7.3 mi
Jackie Jones MountainWSW 257°383 m6.4 mi
West MountainNW 312°382 m4.1 mi
Cranberry HillNW 309°374 m7.0 mi
Big HillWSW 253°374 m7.0 mi
Letterrock MountainWNW 286°371 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 8 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.22 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Haverstraw, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1465376495

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