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Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary

Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area C, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 14 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.64696, -73.74238
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Rosedale Vietnam Monument: 1.3 mi
  • TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 1.9 mi
  • LCFD Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • HBFD Memorial: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
  • History of Time: 2.0 mi
  • The Young Rembrandt: 2.0 mi
  • Voice of Tomorrow: 2.2 mi
  • Frog: 3.0 mi
  • Frog: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Peaks: 47
  • Queens High Point: 7.7 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 10.0 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Willink Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area C: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 0.3 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 0.3 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 0.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Coogan's Bluff: 16.5 mi
  • Palisades: 16.9 mi
  • Palisades: 17.1 mi
  • Palisades: 17.2 mi
  • Palisades: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.1 mi
  • The Loch: 15.3 mi
  • The Falls: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 261°125 m19.8 mi
Jayne's HillNE 55°122 m20.3 mi
Harbor HillNNE 27°106 m11.8 mi
West HillsNE 54°106 m20.0 mi
Dix HillsENE 60°92 m23.5 mi
Signal HillENE 59°90 m22.8 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 55°85 m18.2 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 334°85 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/445522477

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