Monarch Waystation
Monarch Waystation is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Harold Walker Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Monarch Watch
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Harold Walker Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Tanglewood Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Reverend Doctor Morgan Days Park: 0.7 mi
- Reverend Doctor Morgan Days Park: 0.7 mi
- Bob Whelan Field: 0.8 mi
- Lakeview Garden: 0.3 mi
- Garden World: 2.5 mi
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Childrens Garden: 3.9 mi
- Giving Garden: 3.9 mi
- Philips House: 0.6 mi
- Environmental Education and Resiliency Center: 0.7 mi
- Grist Mill Museum: 1.8 mi
- Baldwin Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- African American Museum: 2.9 mi
- Church of the Ascension: 0.8 mi
- The Charles P Ketler Power Plant: 1.0 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Gaddis Park Flagpole Memorial: 1.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Brookside Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Marine Nature Study Area: 3.8 mi
- Roosevelt Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 4.4 mi
- Francis Purcell Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Lost and Found: An Excavation Project: 3.1 mi
- Turnabout: 3.4 mi
- Two Bottles: 3.4 mi
- The Adelphi Panther: 3.5 mi
- Alexander Turney Stewart: 3.7 mi
- Nautical Mile: 4.4 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 6.7 mi
- JFK: 7.3 mi
- Jamaica: 7.3 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 7.4 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 4.6 mi
- Hicks Beach: 6.1 mi
- Lido Beach: 6.1 mi
- Long Beach: 6.1 mi
- East Atlantic Beach: 6.7 mi
- Queens High Point: 7.0 mi
- Harbor Hill: 8.9 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 13.4 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 13.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 14.9 mi
- Accessible Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area A: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area G: 4.9 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Palisades: 20.2 mi
- Palisades: 20.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 16.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 16.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 16.9 mi
- The Falls: 18.0 mi
- The Loch: 18.3 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monarch Waystation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | W 259° | 125 m | 24.9 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | NE 50° | 122 m | 15.4 mi |
| Harbor Hill | N 4° | 106 m | 8.9 mi |
| West Hills | NE 49° | 106 m | 15.2 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 57° | 92 m | 18.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | NE 56° | 90 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NE 49° | 85 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NW 320° | 85 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside, 3 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly140 obs
- American Robin106 obs
- Mallard105 obs
- common mugwort102 obs
- Canada Goose83 obs
- garlic mustard83 obs
- Asian bittersweet74 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel72 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1181891391
Day trips start here
- Rockville Centre · 1 mi
- Hempstead · 3 mi
- Garden City · 4 mi
- Merrick · 5 mi
- Mineola · 5 mi
- Nassau County · 6 mi
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