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Broad Channel Park

Broad Channel Park from directly overhead

Broad Channel Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Broad Channel American Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.60096, -73.81989
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Flight 587 Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 3.8 mi
  • Battery Fergusson: 4.2 mi
  • Nike Silo: 4.5 mi
  • Battery Construction 220: 4.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 41
Picnic sites: 32
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 6
  • Palisades: 15.3 mi
  • Palisades: 15.7 mi
  • Palisades: 16.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 17.2 mi
  • Palisades: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.0 mi
  • The Loch: 15.3 mi
  • The Falls: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Broad Channel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 270°125 m15.5 mi
Crawford HillSW 233°120 m24.1 mi
Harbor HillNE 35°106 m16.6 mi
Telegraph HillSW 233°106 m23.4 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 348°85 m21.0 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 54°85 m23.4 mi
Manhattan High PointNNW 340°81 m18.5 mi
Queens High PointNNE 26°79.2 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Yellow Warbler467 obs
  • Tree Swallow447 obs
  • Osprey380 obs
  • Mute Swan375 obs
  • rugosa rose372 obs
  • Ruddy Duck358 obs
  • Laughing Gull345 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird343 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/681028843

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