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Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve

Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve from directly overhead

Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Iona Island Estuarine Research Reserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NOAA

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.30083, -73.97917

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Western Redoubt Fort Clinton: 1.4 mi
  • Mine Dock Park: 1.8 mi
  • Brooks Park: 2.1 mi
  • Annsville Preserve Park: 2.4 mi
  • Anthony Wayne Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.0 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 12.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 58
  • Hell Hole: 1.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.5 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 8.5 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 8.6 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 48
Museums: 45
Beaches: 12
Picnic sites: 7
  • Kakiat Park: 12.8 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
  • Princess circle picnic site: 20.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 23.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 22.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spy RockNNW 341°441 m6.6 mi
Mount RascalNW 325°424 m6.6 mi
Bull HillNW 305°423 m5.9 mi
Blackcap MountainWNW 291°416 m6.0 mi
Bradley MountainWSW 258°416 m6.3 mi
South Stockbridge MountainW 262°411 m5.7 mi
Stockbridge MountainW 271°402 m5.1 mi
Goshen MountainWSW 249°396 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Five-lined Skink157 obs
  • mountain laurel128 obs
  • wineberry88 obs
  • Japanese angelica tree77 obs
  • Central Ratsnake76 obs
  • common milkweed68 obs
  • Black Vulture66 obs
  • Spongy Moth66 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/357610727

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