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Canarsie Beach

Canarsie Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Canarsie Pier, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62872, -73.88680

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
  • Newport Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Powell Street Livonia Garden: 2.5 mi
  • First Temple of David: 2.6 mi
  • Father Kehoe Triangle: 2.7 mi
  • Causa Festival Garden: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Gerritsen Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Rockaway Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 1: 4.4 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 2: 4.4 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 3: 4.4 mi
Peaks: 46
Picnic sites: 34
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 11.4 mi
  • Palisades: 12.0 mi
  • Palisades: 13.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 14.4 mi
  • Palisades: 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Binnen Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.0 mi
  • The Loch: 12.1 mi
  • The Falls: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 304°179 m22.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 296°175 m23.3 mi
Todt HillW 261°125 m12.1 mi
Crawford HillSW 224°120 m22.7 mi
Harbor HillNE 48°106 m17.5 mi
Telegraph HillSW 223°106 m22.1 mi
Nook HillWNW 289°92 m23.3 mi
Bronx High PointN 357°85 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Canarsie, NY, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357552215

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