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Seaside Nature Park

Seaside Nature Park from directly overhead

Seaside Nature Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Horseshoe Crab, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.54091, -74.14267
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Flag of Honor: 1.2 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.1 mi
  • First County Jail: 2.1 mi
  • Carriage Manufactory: 2.1 mi
  • Site of 1st County Courthouse: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Buck’s Hollow: 2.9 mi
  • Heyerdahl Ruins: 3.0 mi
  • New York City Farm Colony: 3.7 mi
  • Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 4.0 mi
  • Jurassic Park: 4.0 mi
Gardens
Peaks: 47
  • Todt Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Fox Hills: 6.2 mi
  • Park Hill: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 7.3 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • Freedom Field: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 13.0 mi
  • Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Palisades: 14.9 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Palisades: 17.0 mi
  • Palisades: 20.2 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Seele: 16.2 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNNW 344°179 m19.5 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 335°175 m17.8 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW 282°168 m21.8 mi
Riker HillNNW 333°134 m21.0 mi
Long HillNW 305°126 m19.0 mi
Todt HillNNE 20°125 m4.4 mi
Crawford HillSSW 193°120 m10.5 mi
Telegraph HillS 189°106 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Mockingbird120 obs
  • Western Honey Bee120 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee118 obs
  • Canada Goose111 obs
  • American Robin93 obs
  • Mallard79 obs
  • common mugwort79 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab78 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/35581974

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