United StatesIslandUNESCO World Heritage
Liberty Island
0.057 km² of land in the Atlantic Ocean.
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
0.057km²
Area
1km
Coastline
2m
Highest point
0
People
23°C
Warmest sea
August
1km
To the mainland
When to go to Liberty Island
Best for the beach from July to September.
The sea is warmest in August (23 °C) and coolest in February (4 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from July to September.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in the Upper New York Bay, United States
Liberty Island is an island in United States. It covers 0.057 km², with 1 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 2 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 1 km away. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 11 km in a straight lineCar hire at EWR airport (Newark)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- Ferries2 ferry terminals on the island
- 1 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From July to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Liberty Island.
- 4viewpoints
- 2ferry terminalsLiberty Island
- 2restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 6 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 100 %0–50 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
0.2 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 7 |
| Night low (°C) | -2 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| Sea (°C) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 99 | 95 | 114 | 107 | 101 | 115 | 114 | 114 | 97 | 124 | 101 | 133 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Wind (km/h) | 23 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.9 | +1.7 | +2.2 | +0.9 | −0.7 | +0.4 | +2.3 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +1.2 | +0.8 |
| 2021 | +0.1 | −1.2 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +2.8 | +1.5 | +1.0 |
| 2022 | +0.8 | −0.2 | +1.2 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.9 | −0.7 | +1.7 | −0.6 |
| 2023 | +0.2 | +1.9 | +1.4 | +2.2 | +1.7 | +0.5 | +1.6 | −0.5 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 |
| 2024 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +2.6 | +1.4 | +2.0 | +1.9 | −0.2 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +1.3 | −0.2 |
| 2025 | −0.1 | −0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +1.8 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +1.5 | −0.3 | −1.3 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q319821) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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