Jones Beach
Jones Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center, a museum 2.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 25 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center: 3.1 mi
- Tackapausha Museum Library: 5.2 mi
- Tackapausha Museum: 5.2 mi
- Seaford Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Tobay Beach Bird and Game Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Wantagh County Park: 3.7 mi
- Wantagh Park: 3.8 mi
- Point Lookout Baseball Fields: 3.9 mi
- East Bay Park: 3.9 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 3.8 mi
- Nautical Mile: 5.0 mi
- Jamaica: 6.0 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 6.0 mi
- JFK: 15.5 mi
- Tobay Beach: 4.0 mi
- Alhambra Beach: 4.6 mi
- Gilgo Beach: 5.3 mi
- Lido Beach: 6.0 mi
- Amityville Beach: 6.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Matt the Cyclist: 4.4 mi
- Woodcleft Canal Site: 5.0 mi
- Woodcleft Inn: 5.3 mi
- Colonel James Dean Historic Site: 5.7 mi
- Merrie Merrick: 5.0 mi
- Dwight David Eisenhower: 9.6 mi
- Trap: 9.7 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 9.7 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 9.7 mi
- Merokee Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Lido Beach Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 6.1 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 6.2 mi
- Roosevelt Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 9.4 mi
- Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site: 9.6 mi
- Lakeview Garden: 9.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 9.7 mi
- Accessible Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Sycamore: 9.7 mi
- Birches: 10.0 mi
- Black Pine: 10.0 mi
- South Maples: 10.1 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 14.2 mi
- Half Hollow Hills: 14.9 mi
- West Hills: 15.8 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 15.8 mi
- Harbor Hill: 15.9 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 23.7 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 23.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 22.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 23.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 24.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 24.9 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jones Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | NNE 15° | 122 m | 15.8 mi |
| West Hills | NNE 14° | 106 m | 15.8 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNW 333° | 106 m | 15.9 mi |
| Dix Hills | NNE 27° | 92 m | 17.3 mi |
| Signal Hill | NNE 24° | 90 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | N 10° | 85 m | 14.2 mi |
| Queens High Point | NW 315° | 79.2 m | 16.0 mi |
| Half Hollow Hills | NNE 27° | 77 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 35 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wantagh Cedar Creek, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Deep Creek Meadow, NY, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357567020
Day trips start here
- Merrick · 5 mi
- Rockville Centre · 8 mi
- Hempstead · 10 mi
- Nassau County · 11 mi
- Garden City · 12 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 12 mi
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