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Waterfront Park

Waterfront Park from directly overhead

Waterfront Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Guy Lombardo Marina, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 20 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62713, -73.58528

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Nautical Mile: 0.5 mi
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 2.5 mi
  • Jamaica: 5.4 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 5.4 mi
  • JFK: 10.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Woodcleft Canal Site: 0.5 mi
  • Woodcleft Inn: 0.9 mi
  • Colonel James Dean Historic Site: 1.4 mi
  • Cannon: 2.1 mi
  • Brooklyn Waterworks: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Baldwin Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center: 3.2 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center: 3.4 mi
  • Philips House: 4.1 mi
  • Grist Mill Museum: 4.3 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 37
Picnic sites: 32
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 20.4 mi
  • The Falls: 22.4 mi
  • The Loch: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNNE 33°122 m15.5 mi
Harbor HillNNW 347°106 m12.2 mi
West HillsNNE 31°106 m15.3 mi
Dix HillsNE 43°92 m17.9 mi
Signal HillNE 41°90 m17.3 mi
Mannetto HillsNNE 30°85 m13.6 mi
Manhattan High PointNW 310°81 m24.2 mi
Queens High PointNW 322°79.2 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2419:4820:29
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4716:31

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, 2 mi away.

  • Italian Wall Lizard54 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly49 obs
  • Common Purslane46 obs
  • Great Egret46 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron44 obs
  • purple crownvetch42 obs
  • Mallard40 obs
  • Canada Goose36 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 way/494420058

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