Nature reserve · New York
Norton Basin Natural Resource Area
Norton Basin Natural Resource Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Michaelis-Bayswater Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.60177, -73.76992
- 16.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Michaelis-Bayswater Park: 0.2 mi
- Westbourne Playground: 0.5 mi
- Grassmere Playground: 0.6 mi
- Conch Playground: 0.7 mi
- Inwood Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Rockaway Beach - Arverne Shorebird Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Arverne East Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Seagirt Avenue Wetlands: 1.6 mi
- Lawrence Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
Beaches
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 1.5 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 1.8 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 2.4 mi
- Hicks Beach: 3.7 mi
- East Atlantic Beach: 3.7 mi
Museums
- Rock Hall: 2.0 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 4.9 mi
- Long Beach Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 5.9 mi
- Grist Mill Museum: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
- Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
- LCFD Memorial: 2.6 mi
- TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 3.1 mi
- Flight 587 Memorial: 3.8 mi
- HBFD Memorial: 4.2 mi
Artworks
- Voice of Tomorrow: 2.9 mi
- History of Time: 2.9 mi
- The Young Rembrandt: 2.9 mi
- Mastodon: 5.1 mi
- Frog: 5.2 mi
Attractions
- JFK: 3.7 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 8.2 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 8.4 mi
- Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 9.5 mi
Gardens
- The Garden of Resilience: 4.3 mi
- Mother Carter Garden: 5.3 mi
- 142nd Place & St. Block Association: 5.4 mi
- Phoenix Gate Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Better Community Civic Association Mini Park & Garden: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 44
- Willink Hill: 11.0 mi
- Breeze Hill: 11.0 mi
- Queens High Point: 11.1 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 11.2 mi
- Lookout Hill: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 29
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Area B: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area A: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area G: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area F: 3.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.1 mi
- North Tower: 18.2 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Palisades: 17.3 mi
- Palisades: 17.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Palisades: 18.4 mi
- Palisades: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Binnen Falls: 11.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.4 mi
- The Loch: 16.6 mi
- The Falls: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Norton Basin Natural Resource Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | W 270° | 125 m | 18.1 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | NE 51° | 122 m | 23.3 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNE 27° | 106 m | 15.3 mi |
| West Hills | NE 50° | 106 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NE 50° | 85 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 341° | 85 m | 21.7 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | NNW 333° | 81 m | 19.5 mi |
| Queens High Point | NNE 14° | 79.2 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Queens/Jamaica · 7 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 8 mi
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- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 10 mi
- Queens · 10 mi
- Garden City · 11 mi
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