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Petteanger Island State Tidal Wetlands

Petteanger Island State Tidal Wetlands from directly overhead

Petteanger Island 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, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobay Beach, a park 1.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 27 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62583, -73.42028

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Ketcham Creek Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.1 mi
  • Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.2 mi
  • Wantagh Woods: 6.5 mi
  • Merokee Preserve: 6.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Garden of Pines: 8.3 mi
  • Complex I: 8.3 mi
  • Garden of Companions: 8.5 mi
  • Birchwood II Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Complex II: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 52
Picnic sites: 26
  • Sycamore: 10.6 mi
  • Birches: 10.7 mi
  • Black Pine: 10.7 mi
  • South Maples: 10.9 mi
  • Cedars: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 12
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 13.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillN 359°122 m13.1 mi
West HillsN 357°106 m13.2 mi
Harbor HillNW 316°106 m16.6 mi
Dix HillsNNE 15°92 m13.7 mi
Signal HillNNE 11°90 m13.4 mi
Mannetto HillsN 351°85 m12.0 mi
Queens High PointWNW 300°79.2 m18.1 mi
Half Hollow HillsNNE 13°77 m11.3 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 solstice07:1515:4716:30

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, 5 mi away.

  • Spotted spurge20 obs
  • hairy bittercress14 obs
  • groundsel tree13 obs
  • Mourning Dove10 obs
  • Canada Goose10 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab10 obs
  • rugosa rose10 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull9 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/357615752

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