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Newport Sand Beach

Newport Sand Beach from directly overhead

Newport Sand Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Newport Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

Newport Sand Beach

The story

human settlement in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America

Wikidata Q7018694, matched on coordinates and name (483 m apart).

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73159, -74.03115

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Newport Green: 0.1 mi
  • Elephant Park: 0.2 mi
  • Newport Gazebo Park: 0.3 mi
  • Town Square: 0.4 mi
  • Newport Welcome Garden: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.2 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Caven Point Beach: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Kings Bluff: 2.4 mi
  • Little Snake Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 1.0 mi
  • Palisades: 2.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.8 mi
  • The Loch: 5.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Newport Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m18.7 mi
Turkey MountainNW 310°268 m23.4 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 312°263 m22.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 331°260 m19.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 332°230 m18.4 mi
Mount NeboNNE 14°208 m22.6 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 329°185 m20.0 mi
Moon HillNNW 329°180 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.

Mean tidal range 4.53 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station NEW YORK (The Battery), NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/469557891

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