Hicks Beach
Hicks Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Nassau County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q49321165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Scott Drive Park: 0.5 mi
- Woodmere Dock: 1.9 mi
- Beach 9th Street Playground: 2.3 mi
- Lanett Playground: 2.3 mi
- East Atlantic Beach: 0.6 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 1.5 mi
- Long Beach: 1.9 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 2.2 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 2.6 mi
- Long Beach Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Rock Hall: 2.1 mi
- Grist Mill Museum: 4.2 mi
- Philips House: 5.6 mi
- Environmental Education and Resiliency Center: 6.8 mi
- Lawrence Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Seagirt Avenue Wetlands: 2.1 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 3.4 mi
- Norton Basin Natural Resource Area: 3.7 mi
- Rockaway Beach - Arverne Shorebird Preserve: 4.2 mi
- The Garden of Resilience: 6.0 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 6.1 mi
- Lakeview Garden: 6.3 mi
- Cambria Heights Civic Association Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Garden World: 7.3 mi
- JFK: 6.2 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 6.6 mi
- Nautical Mile: 6.9 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 11.1 mi
- Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.0 mi
- West Penn Street: 1.1 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.8 mi
- LCFD Memorial: 2.3 mi
- HBFD Memorial: 3.1 mi
- History of Time: 5.5 mi
- The Young Rembrandt: 5.5 mi
- Voice of Tomorrow: 5.6 mi
- Frog: 7.3 mi
- Mastodon: 7.3 mi
- Queens High Point: 11.5 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 14.1 mi
- Willink Hill: 14.6 mi
- Breeze Hill: 14.7 mi
- Harbor Hill: 14.7 mi
- Picnic Area A: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area B: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area G: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area F: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 14.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 15.0 mi
- The Loch: 19.5 mi
- Palisades: 20.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 23.5 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hicks Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | W 272° | 125 m | 21.7 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | NE 43° | 122 m | 21.1 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNE 13° | 106 m | 14.7 mi |
| West Hills | NE 42° | 106 m | 20.9 mi |
| Dix Hills | NE 49° | 92 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NE 42° | 85 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 333° | 85 m | 23.7 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | NW 326° | 81 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Woodmere, Brosewere Bay, NY, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/329365972
Day trips start here
- Rockville Centre · 6 mi
- Hempstead · 9 mi
- Merrick · 9 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 9 mi
- Garden City · 10 mi
- Mineola · 11 mi
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