Turtle Reintroduction Site
Turtle Reintroduction Site is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is North Forty Natural Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Diamondback Terrapin Reintroduction Site according to data produced by New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- North Forty Natural Area: 0.2 mi
- Bergen Beach: 0.7 mi
- Tamarack Campground: 0.7 mi
- Wiley Post A: 0.8 mi
- Goldenrod Campground: 0.8 mi
- Horse: 0.4 mi
- Fisherman: 2.0 mi
- Rockaway Artists Alliance: 2.7 mi
- Postcards From Sheepshead Bay: 3.2 mi
- Brooklyn Bucolic: 3.9 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 0.5 mi
- Rookery: 1.7 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 3.6 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 4.0 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.2 mi
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 0.9 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 1.0 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 4.5 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 5.0 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 5.2 mi
- The Floyd Bennett Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Beach Grass Nursery: 1.3 mi
- Father Kehoe Triangle: 2.4 mi
- KCC Urban Farm: 2.5 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 3.0 mi
- Col. John B. O'Dowd Memorial Plaque: 1.5 mi
- Bill Brown Post Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Power Plant 3: 2.8 mi
- Nike Silo: 2.9 mi
- Battery Harris Magazine 2: 2.9 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 1.8 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 1.9 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 2.8 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 7: 2.8 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 8: 2.8 mi
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 2.9 mi
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 2.9 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 3.2 mi
- Sharks: 4.5 mi
- Sea Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Breeze Hill: 5.3 mi
- Willink Hill: 5.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 5.5 mi
- Quaker Hill: 5.6 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 5.7 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Area F: 8.9 mi
- Palisades: 12.4 mi
- Palisades: 13.3 mi
- Palisades: 15.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Palisades: 20.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.2 mi
- North Tower: 15.0 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 15.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.7 mi
- The Loch: 13.7 mi
- The Falls: 20.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 22.1 mi
- Barber: 19.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turtle Reintroduction Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 309° | 179 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 300° | 175 m | 23.7 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 269° | 125 m | 11.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 226° | 120 m | 21.0 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 45° | 106 m | 19.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 225° | 106 m | 20.4 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 293° | 92 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bronx High Point | N 359° | 85 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/577891824
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 5 mi
- Queens · 7 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 8 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 8 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 8 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 9 mi
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