Orchard Beach

Orchard Beach is the only public beach in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The 115-acre, 1.1-mile-long beach is part of Pelham Bay Park and is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound.

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Type: Beach
Description: Public beach in New York City
Also known as: “Bronx Riviera”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Twin Island and High Island.

Twin Island

Island

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Pelham Bay Park is a municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is, at 2,772 acres, the largest public park in New York City.

High Island

Islet

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High Island is a small, uninhabited, privately-owned island, part of the Pelham Islands in the Bronx, New York City. It lies east of the north end of City Island between City Island Harbor and Pelham Bay in Long Island Sound.

Hunter Island

Island

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Hunter Island is a 166-acre peninsula and former island in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound, along the sound's northwestern shore, and is part of Pelham Bay Park in the northeastern part of the Bronx.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Island and Co-op City.

City Island

Suburb

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City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx, New York City, located on an island of the same name approximately 1.5 miles long by 0.5 miles wide.

Co-op City

Neighborhood

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Co-op City is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River Parkway to the east and southeast, and is partially in the Baychester and Eastchester neighborhoods. Co-op City is situated 2 miles west of Orchard Beach.

Pelham Manor

Town

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Pelham Manor is an affluent village located in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 5,752. It is located in the town of Pelham. Pelham Manor is situated 2 miles north of Orchard Beach.

Orchard Beach

Category: landform
Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.86621° or 40° 51′ 58″ north

Longitude

-73.79347° or 73° 47′ 37″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87G8V684+FJ

GeoNames ID

5129931

Wikidata ID

Q7100176

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Japanese—“Orchard Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Orchard Beach”
Egyptian Arabic: “شط اورشارد”
German: “Orchard Beach”
Japanese: “オーチャード・ビーチ”

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Highlights include Pelham Bay and Chimney Sweeps Islands.

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