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Where to find Purple Sandpiper in January
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Purple Sandpiper in January. 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 Hudson River Park--Pier 26 (featuring a Tide Deck, TriBeCa) 4.9 37 64 57.8% 45.6%
2 Gravesend Bay 13.2 47 85 55.3% 44.7%
3 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 154 317 48.6% 43.1%
4 Coney Island Beach 14.5 116 259 44.8% 38.9%
5 Long Beach Park 20.7 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
6 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
7 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 42 108 38.9% 30.2%
8 Brighton Beach 14.3 29 72 40.3% 29.7%
9 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
10 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 35 97 36.1% 27.2%
11 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 121 456 26.5% 22.7%
12 Point Lookout 24.4 150 638 23.5% 20.4%
13 Rye Town Park 19.4 40 153 26.1% 19.8%
14 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 30 110 27.3% 19.8%
15 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
16 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
17 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 37 199 18.6% 13.8%
18 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 14 66 21.2% 13.1%
19 Coney Island Pier 14.6 40 230 17.4% 13.0%
20 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
21 Midland Beach 15.8 19 123 15.4% 10.1%
22 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 39 289 13.5% 10.0%
23 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 25 (N Moore St.) 4.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 26 192 13.5% 9.4%
26 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
27 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
28 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
29 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
30 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Rockaway Beach--W of Cross Bay Blvd 15.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
32 Hudson River Greenway--Chambers to W Houston St. 4.6 16 176 9.1% 5.7%
33 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 8 77 10.4% 5.4%
34 Fort Tilden 15.7 18 224 8.0% 5.1%
35 Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd. 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
36 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 34 554 6.1% 4.4%
38 Bensonhurst Park 12.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
39 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 6 68 8.8% 4.1%
40 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
41 Morgan Memorial Park 17.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
42 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
43 Lido West Town Park 22.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
44 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
45 Rye Playland 20.0 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
46 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
47 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 9 164 5.5% 2.9%
48 Shore Road Park 11.7 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
49 Piermont Pier 18.4 21 536 3.9% 2.6%
50 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Swinburne Island 15.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
52 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
53 Owls Head Park 10.3 5 103 4.9% 2.1%
54 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
55 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
56 Roosevelt Is. 1.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
57 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
58 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
59 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
60 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
61 Glen Island Park 12.0 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
62 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
63 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 6 236 2.5% 1.2%
64 Playland Lake 20.4 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
65 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 3 93 3.2% 1.1%
66 Prospect Point 14.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
67 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
68 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
69 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 5 230 2.2% 0.9%
70 Nickerson Beach 23.3 5 245 2.0% 0.9%
71 Miller Field 16.3 3 137 2.2% 0.7%
72 Davenport Park 12.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
73 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
74 Conference House Park 24.5 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
75 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
76 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 4 Beach 6.1 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
77 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
78 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
79 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 2 204 1.0% 0.3%
80 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
81 Sandy Hook 23.7 5 1185 0.4% 0.2%
82 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
83 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
84 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 131 0.8% 0.1%
85 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 1 140 0.7% 0.1%
86 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 143 0.7% 0.1%
87 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 2 507 0.4% 0.1%
88 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 185 0.5% 0.1%
89 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 284 0.4% 0.1%
90 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 291 0.3% 0.1%
91 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 323 0.3% 0.1%
92 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 1 337 0.3% 0.1%
93 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 423 0.2% 0.0%
94 Randalls Island 2.4 1 443 0.2% 0.0%
95 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 803 0.1% 0.0%