Historic site · New York
Site of Stage Coach Stop
Site of Stage Coach Stop is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Northeast Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 19 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Route Brooklyn to Babylon;Merrick post office and general store 1840-73;"Liberty flag pole" 1862-92.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.66501, -73.56534
- 19.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Northeast Park: 0.5 mi
- Cleveland Avenue Field: 0.7 mi
- St. Francis Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Merrick Road Park: 0.9 mi
- Four Towns Firefighter's Training Center: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Roosevelt Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Merokee Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Brookside Preserve: 2.0 mi
- East Meadow Bird Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Wantagh Woods: 3.4 mi
Artworks
- Merrie Merrick: 1.0 mi
- Trap: 3.8 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 3.9 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 3.9 mi
- Dwight David Eisenhower: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- Cannon: 1.1 mi
- Camp Meeting Grounds: 1.1 mi
- Colonel James Dean Historic Site: 1.6 mi
- Woodcleft Inn: 2.0 mi
- Brooklyn Waterworks: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site: 3.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 3.8 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 4.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.6 mi
Attractions
- Nautical Mile: 2.3 mi
- Jamaica: 3.1 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 3.1 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 5.1 mi
- JFK: 11.7 mi
Museums
- Baldwin Historical Museum: 2.3 mi
- Wantagh Museum: 3.1 mi
- Seaford Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Tackapausha Museum Library: 4.3 mi
- Tackapausha Museum: 4.3 mi
Beaches
- Alhambra Beach: 4.9 mi
- Jones Beach: 5.9 mi
- Lido Beach: 6.0 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 6.5 mi
- Long Beach: 7.7 mi
Peaks: 39
- Harbor Hill: 10.1 mi
- Queens High Point: 10.3 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 10.8 mi
- West Hills: 12.6 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Sycamore: 4.1 mi
- South Maples: 4.5 mi
- Birches: 4.5 mi
- Black Pine: 4.5 mi
- Cedars: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Cooper Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 19.5 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 19.6 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 20.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.3 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 21.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Binnen Falls: 21.0 mi
- The Falls: 21.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 21.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 21.3 mi
- The Loch: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Long Island Welcome Center: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Stage Coach Stop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | NE 35° | 122 m | 12.7 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNW 337° | 106 m | 10.1 mi |
| West Hills | NNE 34° | 106 m | 12.6 mi |
| Dix Hills | NE 46° | 92 m | 15.3 mi |
| Signal Hill | NE 44° | 90 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NNE 32° | 85 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NW 312° | 85 m | 23.9 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | NW 304° | 81 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 35 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wantagh Cedar Creek, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8973238386
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- Rockville Centre · 4 mi
- Nassau County · 5 mi
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