Nature reserve · New York
Broad Channel Wetlands
Broad Channel Wetlands is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Broad Channel Veteran's Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.61207, -73.82208
- 14.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Broad Channel Veteran's Park: 0.2 mi
- Gene Gray Playground: 0.4 mi
- Broad Channel Park: 0.8 mi
- Broad Channel American Park: 1.0 mi
- Beach 88th Street Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula: 1.5 mi
- Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Arverne East Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Rockaway Beach - Arverne Shorebird Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Norton Basin Natural Resource Area: 2.8 mi
Beaches
- Rockaway Beach: 2.3 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 3.2 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 3.6 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 1: 3.8 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 2: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
- Flight 587 Memorial: 2.5 mi
- TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 3.3 mi
- Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Battery Fergusson: 4.7 mi
- Nike Silo: 4.9 mi
Artworks
- Voice of Tomorrow: 2.9 mi
- The Young Rembrandt: 3.1 mi
- History of Time: 3.1 mi
- Horse: 4.0 mi
- Mastodon: 4.7 mi
Attractions
- JFK: 3.4 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 6.4 mi
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 6.8 mi
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 6.8 mi
Museums
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 3.4 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 4.5 mi
- Rock Hall: 4.6 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 5.2 mi
Gardens
- Beach Grass Nursery: 3.6 mi
- The Floyd Bennett Gardens: 4.1 mi
- 142nd Place & St. Block Association: 4.6 mi
- The Garden of Resilience: 4.6 mi
- Euclid Pine Block Association: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 43
- Willink Hill: 8.2 mi
- Breeze Hill: 8.2 mi
- Lookout Hill: 8.5 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 8.5 mi
- Quaker Hill: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Area B: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area G: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area F: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area A: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.1 mi
- North Tower: 17.2 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Palisades: 14.7 mi
- Palisades: 15.1 mi
- Palisades: 16.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Palisades: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Binnen Falls: 8.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.6 mi
- The Loch: 14.5 mi
- The Falls: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Broad Channel Wetlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | W 267° | 125 m | 15.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 232° | 120 m | 24.4 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 36° | 106 m | 16.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 231° | 106 m | 23.8 mi |
| West Hills | NE 55° | 106 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 348° | 85 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NE 56° | 85 m | 23.0 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | NNW 340° | 81 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Queens/Forest Park · 6 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 7 mi
- Queens · 8 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 10 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 10 mi
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