Pralls Island
Pralls Island is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Neck Creek Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Neck Creek Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Meredith Woods: 0.9 mi
- Neck Creek Bluebelt: 1.0 mi
- Zuckermann Natural Resource Area: 1.1 mi
- Graniteville Swamp Park: 1.8 mi
- Grace: 1.1 mi
- Valley of the Sunrise: 1.1 mi
- Girl Power: 1.1 mi
- Park Avenue Tulips: 1.4 mi
- Rosaleen Looking at Jim: 1.5 mi
- Rooftop Farm: 1.1 mi
- Independence Park: 1.3 mi
- Nansen Park: 1.4 mi
- Schmul Park: 1.4 mi
- Tremley Park: 1.6 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 1.3 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 2.5 mi
- Butterfly garden: 3.6 mi
- Native Rhododendron Garden: 4.4 mi
- Joe Holzka Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 2.2 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 3.4 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 3.6 mi
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 3.6 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 3.8 mi
- Historic Stone Chimney: 2.5 mi
- 911 Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Willowbrook Mile Memorial (Milestone 6): 2.8 mi
- Stone Mercedes 240D: 2.9 mi
- Site of 1st County Courthouse: 3.8 mi
- The Peter Houseman House: 3.4 mi
- Belcher Ogden Mansion: 3.8 mi
- Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- Bonnel House Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Transportation Museum: 3.9 mi
- Todt Hill: 4.5 mi
- Emerson Hill: 5.6 mi
- Signal Hill: 6.0 mi
- Park Hill: 6.4 mi
- Fox Hills: 6.5 mi
- Annadale Beach: 6.0 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 6.2 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 6.2 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 6.2 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 6.3 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 2.4 mi
- The Park: 8.3 mi
- Freedom Field: 9.6 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 10.6 mi
- Palisades: 12.4 mi
- Palisades: 14.6 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 17.4 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 17.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 10.9 mi
- Hobble Falls: 10.9 mi
- Seele: 11.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.5 mi
- North Tower: 18.5 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 4.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 4.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.4 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Barber: 6.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 11.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 15.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 11.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Pralls Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | NW 317° | 295.7 m | 22.6 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NW 312° | 274 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mine Mountain | WNW 290° | 251 m | 22.6 mi |
| Blueberry Ridge | NW 305° | 243 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NW 304° | 229 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NW 307° | 217 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Kemble | WNW 303° | 215 m | 20.1 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | WNW 300° | 204 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- common reed76 obs
- American sweetgum64 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee59 obs
- Western Honey Bee54 obs
- groundsel tree48 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle45 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly36 obs
- Savannah Sparrow29 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/22703014
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