Nature reserve · New York
Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula
Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Beach Channel Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.59401, -73.80601
- 16.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Beach Channel Playground: 0.4 mi
- Beach 88th Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Kohlridir Square: 0.5 mi
- Almeda Playground: 0.6 mi
- Thursby Basin Park: 0.8 mi
Beaches
- Rockaway Beach: 0.8 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 2.9 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 3.0 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 1: 3.6 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 2: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Arverne East Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Rockaway Beach - Arverne Shorebird Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 1.5 mi
- Norton Basin Natural Resource Area: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Flight 587 Memorial: 1.9 mi
- TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 3.9 mi
- Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 4.2 mi
- LCFD Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Battery Fergusson: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Voice of Tomorrow: 3.6 mi
- The Young Rembrandt: 3.7 mi
- History of Time: 3.7 mi
- Rockaway Artists Alliance: 4.7 mi
- Horse: 4.9 mi
Museums
- Rock Hall: 3.9 mi
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 4.0 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 5.5 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 6.7 mi
Gardens
- Beach Grass Nursery: 4.1 mi
- The Floyd Bennett Gardens: 4.6 mi
- The Garden of Resilience: 5.3 mi
- 142nd Place & St. Block Association: 5.7 mi
- Mother Carter Garden: 5.8 mi
Attractions
- JFK: 4.2 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 7.0 mi
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 7.7 mi
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 7.7 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 42
- Willink Hill: 9.5 mi
- Breeze Hill: 9.5 mi
- Lookout Hill: 9.7 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 9.8 mi
- Quaker Hill: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 31
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area B: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area A: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area G: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area F: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 13.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 13.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- North Tower: 16.6 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Binnen Falls: 9.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.9 mi
- The Loch: 16.0 mi
- The Falls: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Palisades: 16.2 mi
- Palisades: 16.6 mi
- Palisades: 17.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Palisades: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | W 272° | 125 m | 16.2 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 235° | 120 m | 24.4 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNE 32° | 106 m | 16.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 235° | 106 m | 23.7 mi |
| West Hills | NE 52° | 106 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 346° | 85 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NE 52° | 85 m | 23.1 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | NNW 339° | 81 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/160180587
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