- Elevation, modelled
- 6 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Todt Hill125 m · 15.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway14.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 40.6168, -73.8242
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a picnic site in New York, at a modelled 6 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Broad Channel Wetlands, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | W 266° | 125 m | 15.3 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 57° | 122 m | 25.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 231° | 120 m | 24.5 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 37° | 106 m | 15.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 230° | 106 m | 23.9 mi |
| West Hills | NE 56° | 106 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 348° | 85 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 57° | 85 m | 23.0 mi |
- 14.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 0.3 mi
- Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula: 1.8 mi
- Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Rookery: 2.7 mi
- Arverne East Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
Parks
- Broad Channel Veteran's Park: 0.5 mi
- Gene Gray Playground: 0.8 mi
- Broad Channel Park: 1.1 mi
- Broad Channel American Park: 1.3 mi
- Beach 88th Street Park: 1.9 mi
Beaches
- Rockaway Beach: 2.6 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 3.4 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 3.4 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 1: 4.0 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 2: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- Flight 587 Memorial: 2.8 mi
- TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 3.1 mi
- Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Battery Fergusson: 4.8 mi
- Nike Silo: 5.1 mi
Artworks
- Voice of Tomorrow: 2.8 mi
- The Young Rembrandt: 2.9 mi
- History of Time: 2.9 mi
- Horse: 3.9 mi
- Mastodon: 4.4 mi
Attractions
- JFK: 3.2 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 5.4 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 6.0 mi
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 6.7 mi
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 6.7 mi
Museums
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 3.4 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 4.3 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
- Rock Hall: 4.8 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 4.8 mi
Gardens
- Beach Grass Nursery: 3.7 mi
- The Floyd Bennett Gardens: 4.2 mi
- 142nd Place & St. Block Association: 4.3 mi
- Euclid Pine Block Association: 4.4 mi
- The Garden of Resilience: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 44
- Willink Hill: 8.0 mi
- Breeze Hill: 8.0 mi
- Lookout Hill: 8.2 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 8.3 mi
- Quaker Hill: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 33
- Picnic Area B: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area F: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area G: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area A: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.2 mi
- North Tower: 17.4 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Palisades: 14.4 mi
- Palisades: 14.8 mi
- Palisades: 15.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Palisades: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Binnen Falls: 8.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.3 mi
- The Loch: 14.2 mi
- The Falls: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 23.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.
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- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 7 mi
- Queens · 8 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 9 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 10 mi
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