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Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach from directly overhead

Rockaway Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gwirtzman Triangle, a park 0.7 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Queens, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34711903, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.57149, -73.85152

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 1: 0.7 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 2: 0.8 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 3: 1.0 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 4: 1.1 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 5: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks: 41
Picnic sites: 27
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.9 mi
  • The Loch: 16.4 mi
  • The Falls: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
  • Palisades: 16.3 mi
  • Palisades: 18.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 18.6 mi
  • Palisades: 22.6 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 278°125 m14.0 mi
Crawford HillSW 235°120 m21.5 mi
Harbor HillNE 35°106 m19.3 mi
Telegraph HillSW 234°106 m20.8 mi
Bronx High PointN 353°85 m22.7 mi
Beacon HillSW 236°82 m23.8 mi
Manhattan High PointNNW 347°81 m20.0 mi
Queens High PointNNE 28°79.2 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4916:32

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, 7 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Barren Island, Rockaway Inlet, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357582584

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