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Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland

Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland from directly overhead

Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.62749, -73.74538
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • LCFD Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 2.1 mi
  • HBFD Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Hewlett Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Pearl Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Zion Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cedarhurst Park: 1.0 mi
  • North Woodmere Park: 1.1 mi
  • Terrace Gardens Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
  • History of Time: 2.2 mi
  • The Young Rembrandt: 2.2 mi
  • Voice of Tomorrow: 2.3 mi
  • Frog: 3.9 mi
  • Frog: 3.9 mi
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 46
  • Queens High Point: 9.1 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 10.8 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Willink Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area B: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 1.4 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Coogan's Bluff: 17.4 mi
  • Palisades: 17.5 mi
  • Palisades: 17.5 mi
  • Palisades: 18.0 mi
  • Palisades: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.1 mi
  • The Loch: 16.1 mi
  • The Falls: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 265°125 m19.5 mi
Jayne's HillNE 52°122 m21.2 mi
Harbor HillNNE 25°106 m13.1 mi
West HillsNE 51°106 m20.9 mi
Dix HillsENE 57°92 m24.3 mi
Signal HillENE 56°90 m23.6 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 52°85 m19.2 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 336°85 m20.5 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/430668744

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