- Elevation, modelled
- 3 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Stony Hill179 m · 24.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway15.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 40.5969, -73.8845
Wiley Post A is a park in New York, at a modelled 3 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wiley Post B, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- National Park Service
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wiley Post A. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 308° | 179 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 300° | 175 m | 24.4 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 271° | 125 m | 12.1 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 228° | 120 m | 21.2 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 42° | 106 m | 19.0 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 227° | 106 m | 20.6 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 294° | 92 m | 24.2 mi |
| Bronx High Point | N 357° | 85 m | 20.9 mi |
- 15.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Wiley Post B: 0.1 mi
- Tamarack Campground: 0.1 mi
- Goldenrod Campground: 0.1 mi
- North Forty Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Bergen Beach: 1.2 mi
Museums
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 0.2 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 0.9 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 5.3 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 5.6 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 5.7 mi
Gardens
- Beach Grass Nursery: 0.7 mi
- The Floyd Bennett Gardens: 0.8 mi
- KCC Urban Farm: 2.8 mi
- Father Kehoe Triangle: 3.2 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 0.8 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 1.1 mi
- Rookery: 1.7 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 3.4 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 3.5 mi
Artworks
- Horse: 1.0 mi
- Rockaway Artists Alliance: 2.3 mi
- Fisherman: 2.5 mi
- Postcards From Sheepshead Bay: 3.7 mi
- Brooklyn Bucolic: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
- Col. John B. O'Dowd Memorial Plaque: 2.2 mi
- Battery Fergusson: 2.4 mi
- Nike Silo: 2.4 mi
- Power Plant 3: 2.5 mi
- Battery Construction 220: 2.5 mi
Beaches
- Gerritsen Beach: 2.2 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 2.2 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 7: 2.3 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 8: 2.3 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 6: 2.3 mi
Attractions
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 3.6 mi
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 3.6 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Sharks: 5.0 mi
- Sea Cliffs: 5.0 mi
Peaks: 44
- Breeze Hill: 6.1 mi
- Willink Hill: 6.1 mi
- Lookout Hill: 6.2 mi
- Quaker Hill: 6.4 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 30
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area B: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Area F: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Area G: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Area A: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Palisades: 13.1 mi
- Palisades: 13.9 mi
- Palisades: 15.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Palisades: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- North Tower: 14.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Binnen Falls: 6.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.4 mi
- The Loch: 14.2 mi
- The Falls: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 20.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 24.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.
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- Brooklyn/Downtown · 8 mi
- Queens · 8 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 8 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 9 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 9 mi
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