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Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach from directly overhead

Rockaway Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kohlridir Square, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Queens, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34711903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.58516, -73.79598

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Flight 587 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 4.3 mi
  • LCFD Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Battery Fergusson: 4.8 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 42
Picnic sites: 30
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.6 mi
  • The Loch: 16.8 mi
  • The Falls: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Palisades: 17.0 mi
  • Palisades: 17.4 mi
  • Palisades: 18.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 18.7 mi
  • Palisades: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 274°125 m16.8 mi
Crawford HillWSW 237°120 m24.5 mi
Harbor HillNNE 29°106 m16.9 mi
Telegraph HillWSW 236°106 m23.8 mi
West HillsNE 50°106 m24.9 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 345°85 m22.4 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 50°85 m23.1 mi
Manhattan High PointNNW 338°81 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Mean tidal range 5.44 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Beach Channel (bridge), NY, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/88717124

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