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Shell Creek Park

Shell Creek Park from directly overhead

Shell Creek Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Park Fire Department Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 19 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.60022, -73.64742
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Island Park Fire Department Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Masone Beach Village Park: 0.7 mi
  • Little Beach Village Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mayor Landgraf Village Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Lido West Town Park: 1.3 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Holocaust Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • West Penn Street: 1.5 mi
  • West Penn Street: 1.6 mi
  • West Penn Street: 1.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 3.8 mi
  • Nautical Mile: 4.2 mi
  • JFK: 8.2 mi
  • Jamaica: 9.1 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 9.1 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks: 43
Picnic sites: 27
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.5 mi
  • The Loch: 21.2 mi
  • The Falls: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 270°125 m24.5 mi
Jayne's HillNE 38°122 m18.9 mi
Harbor HillN 2°106 m13.8 mi
West HillsNE 37°106 m18.7 mi
Dix HillsNE 46°92 m21.5 mi
Signal HillNE 44°90 m20.9 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 36°85 m16.9 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 327°85 m24.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4820:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333440505968757467564638
Precip in3.83.04.64.24.34.64.24.23.84.33.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Oystercatcher94 obs
  • Laughing Gull61 obs
  • American Herring Gull39 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull35 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull28 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab28 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron27 obs
  • Osprey26 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/294783148

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