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Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge

Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawk Hill Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1967
Elevation
1 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.92607, -73.43484

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hobart Beach Park: 1.6 mi
  • Price's Bend Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Gold Star Battalion Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bay Hills Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Crescent Beach Town Park: 2.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 6.9 mi
  • West Hills: 7.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 26
  • Lower Education Area: 5.5 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.4 mi
  • Wolf 5: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Farms Falls: 16.7 mi
  • The Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Cascade: 21.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 10.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillN 354°184 m20.0 mi
Round HillNW 315°172 m17.5 mi
Cooney HillNW 308°170 m19.7 mi
Comstock KnollN 356°164 m19.4 mi
Kennelwood HillWNW 300°156 m19.5 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 353°141 m18.4 mi
Canoe HillN 352°140 m16.7 mi
Jayne's HillS 176°122 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer47 obs
  • Brant26 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab26 obs
  • sassafras26 obs
  • mile-a-minute weed26 obs
  • Common Striped Woodlouse22 obs
  • Asian Shore Crab22 obs
  • Six-spotted Tiger Beetle22 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/747945644

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