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Bird Island

Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.

Bird Island from directly overhead

Bird Island is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Scudder Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates40.89561, -73.35974

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Scudder Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cow Harbor Park: 0.5 mi
  • Northport Park: 0.5 mi
  • Centerport Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Heron Park: 0.8 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Phragmites Park: 0.6 mi
  • Betty Allen Twin Ponds Nature Park: 0.8 mi
  • Grace Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
  • Northport Rail Trail: 1.1 mi
  • Henry Ingraham Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 5.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Crucifix Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Walled Garden: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 22
  • Lower Education Area: 7.9 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 8.0 mi
  • Wolf 5: 8.2 mi
  • Wolf 4: 8.2 mi
  • Wolf 3: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 15
Lighthouses: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Farms Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Cascade: 24.1 mi
  • Cascade: 24.3 mi
  • Cascade: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 6.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Bird Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round HillNW 311°172 m21.8 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 346°164 m22.1 mi
Huckleberry HillsNNW 343°141 m21.3 mi
Canoe HillNNW 341°140 m19.7 mi
Camfield HillN 360°123 m22.1 mi
Jayne's HillSSW 212°122 m6.5 mi
Ferris HillNNW 342°120 m20.2 mi
Pine HillNNW 343°120 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:29
September equinox06:4218:1618:52
December solstice07:1515:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/22692210

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