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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
Peaks
Gardens: 58
Historic sites: 57
  • 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
Cliffs: 56
  • Hell Hole: 5.9 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 9.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 10.6 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 11.7 mi
  • Pulpit: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 55
  • 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
Attractions: 52
  • 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: 15
  • 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 7.4 miles of Brick Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goshen MountainWNW396 m6.6 mi
Bear MountainNNW394 m5.5 mi
Rockhouse MountainW387 m7.3 mi
Jackie Jones MountainWSW383 m6.4 mi
West MountainNW382 m4.1 mi
Cranberry HillNW374 m7.0 mi
Big HillWSW374 m7.0 mi
Stevens MountainWNW373 m7.4 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1465376495

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