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Babylon Marsh State Tidal Wetlands

Babylon Marsh State Tidal Wetlands from directly overhead

Babylon Marsh State Tidal Wetlands is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Copiague Beach, a beach 0.8 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 28 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64556, -73.39139

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Ketcham Creek Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.4 mi
  • Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.5 mi
  • Wantagh Woods: 7.0 mi
  • Isbrandtsen Marsh Tidal Wetlands Area: 7.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Garden of Pines: 6.9 mi
  • Complex I: 7.0 mi
  • Garden of Companions: 7.0 mi
  • Birchwood II Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Birchwood I: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 37
Picnic sites: 26
  • Sycamore: 11.0 mi
  • Birches: 11.1 mi
  • Black Pine: 11.1 mi
  • South Maples: 11.4 mi
  • Cedars: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 12
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 11.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Babylon Marsh State Tidal Wetlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillN 351°122 m11.9 mi
West HillsN 350°106 m12.0 mi
Harbor HillNW 309°106 m16.8 mi
Dix HillsN 9°92 m12.0 mi
Signal HillN 6°90 m11.9 mi
Mannetto HillsNNW 342°85 m11.0 mi
Queens High PointWNW 294°79.2 m18.8 mi
Half Hollow HillsN 6°77 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2419:4720:29
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353642516171777669584840
Precip in3.32.84.13.83.33.83.23.73.63.73.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wantagh Cedar Creek, 6 mi away.

  • Brant16 obs
  • Laughing Gull16 obs
  • Monk Parakeet14 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant14 obs
  • American Herring Gull12 obs
  • Canada Goose10 obs
  • Mourning Dove9 obs
  • Mottled Duck9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357615746

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