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Where to find Piping Plover in August
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Piping Plover in August. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 131 207 63.3% 56.5%
2 Prospect Point 14.7 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
3 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 144 306 47.1% 41.5%
4 Sandy Hook 23.7 358 847 42.3% 39.0%
5 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
6 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
7 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 22 53 41.5% 29.3%
8 Nickerson Beach 23.3 67 192 34.9% 28.5%
9 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
10 Plumb Beach 14.0 337 1356 24.9% 22.6%
11 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
12 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
13 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
14 Point Lookout 24.4 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
15 Lido West Town Park 22.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
16 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 12 72 16.7% 9.8%
17 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
18 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
19 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
20 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
21 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
22 Fort Tilden 15.7 11 100 11.0% 6.3%
23 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
24 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
25 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
26 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
27 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 Silver Point County Park 17.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
29 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
30 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 5 95 5.3% 2.3%
31 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 5 103 4.9% 2.1%
32 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
33 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
34 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
35 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
36 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
37 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 3 78 3.8% 1.3%
38 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
39 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 124 2.4% 0.8%
40 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
41 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
42 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
43 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 3 182 1.6% 0.6%
44 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
45 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
46 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
47 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
48 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 5 1278 0.4% 0.2%
49 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 3 648 0.5% 0.2%
50 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 155 0.6% 0.1%
51 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 3 908 0.3% 0.1%
52 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 3 967 0.3% 0.1%
53 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
54 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 4 1688 0.2% 0.1%
55 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 1 220 0.5% 0.1%