South Beach
South Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Playland Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Richmond County, New York.
Wikidata Q49324829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Playland Playground: 0.1 mi
- Ocean Breeze: 0.4 mi
- Ocean Breeze Park: 0.6 mi
- Arrochar Playground: 0.7 mi
- Old Town Playground: 0.9 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Mont Sec House: 1.4 mi
- Alice Austen House: 1.9 mi
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum: 2.0 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 2.4 mi
- Midland Beach: 1.3 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 1.9 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 2.9 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 3.2 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 1.8 mi
- Jurassic Park: 2.3 mi
- The Gingerbread House: 3.2 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 3.6 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 3.8 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Hill Street Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Native Rhododendron Garden: 2.9 mi
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 3.9 mi
- Battery Ayres: 0.8 mi
- Battery Richmond: 0.9 mi
- Battery Barry: 1.0 mi
- Battery Dix: 1.0 mi
- Battery Upton: 1.1 mi
- St. Anne: 2.6 mi
- St. Anthony: 2.6 mi
- Eyes: 2.8 mi
- Wingdale: 3.0 mi
- Willowbrook Mile 11: 4.3 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 1.4 mi
- Last Chance Pond Park: 1.6 mi
- Swinburne Island: 1.7 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 1.8 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 2.5 mi
- Fox Hills: 2.0 mi
- Emerson Hill: 2.1 mi
- Park Hill: 2.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.5 mi
- Todt Hill: 2.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.2 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.5 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 9.5 mi
- Palisades: 10.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 16.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 18.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 20.3 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 20.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.4 mi
- The Loch: 15.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 9.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.8 mi
- North Tower: 13.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 13.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 10.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 10.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Barber: 10.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 18.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 21.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NNW 329° | 179 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 318° | 175 m | 17.3 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 319° | 134 m | 20.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WNW 290° | 125 m | 2.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 205° | 120 m | 14.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 203° | 106 m | 14.4 mi |
| Nook Hill | NW 309° | 92 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNE 22° | 85 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.47 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station USCG Station NY, NY, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1132185282
Day trips start here
- Staten Island · 4 mi
- Bayonne · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 8 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 9 mi
- Elizabeth · 9 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 9 mi
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