Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Plaza, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hofstra University
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Plaza: 0.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Eisenhower Park Firefighters Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Village of East Meadow Monument: 2.0 mi
- Site of Camp Mills Base Hospital: 2.2 mi
- Hofstra University Quad: 0.1 mi
- Cedar Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Mitchel Athletic Complex: 0.9 mi
- Grove Park: 1.0 mi
- Uniondale Park: 1.0 mi
- Trap: 0.1 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 0.2 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 0.2 mi
- Lost and Found: An Excavation Project: 1.4 mi
- Dwight David Eisenhower: 1.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Lakeview Garden: 3.8 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 3.9 mi
- Long Island Children Museum: 1.1 mi
- Nassau County Firefighters Museum: 1.1 mi
- Cradle of Aviation Museum: 1.1 mi
- Museum Row: 1.1 mi
- African American Museum: 1.5 mi
- Francis Purcell Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Hempstead Plains Preserve: 1.3 mi
- East Meadow Bird Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Roosevelt Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Brookside Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Jamaica: 5.1 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 5.1 mi
- Nautical Mile: 5.5 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 8.4 mi
- JFK: 10.7 mi
- Alhambra Beach: 7.6 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 8.1 mi
- Lido Beach: 8.7 mi
- Harry Tappen Beach: 9.1 mi
- Parsons Beach: 9.1 mi
- Harbor Hill: 6.4 mi
- Queens High Point: 7.1 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 9.5 mi
- West Hills: 11.3 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 11.5 mi
- Sycamore: 1.5 mi
- South Maples: 1.5 mi
- North Maples: 1.6 mi
- Cedars: 1.6 mi
- West Lindens: 1.6 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 14.2 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 19.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.0 mi
- The Falls: 17.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 19.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 19.7 mi
- The Loch: 19.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 19.9 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 23.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | NE 52° | 122 m | 11.5 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNW 340° | 106 m | 6.4 mi |
| West Hills | NE 50° | 106 m | 11.3 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 60° | 92 m | 14.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 59° | 90 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NE 52° | 85 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NW 309° | 85 m | 20.5 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | WNW 299° | 81 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 2 mi away.
- black cherry85 obs
- eastern white pine69 obs
- Japanese honeysuckle51 obs
- eastern redcedar49 obs
- common mugwort49 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly46 obs
- Pond Slider42 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1182997459
Day trips start here
- Hempstead · 1 mi
- Nassau County · 2 mi
- Garden City · 3 mi
- Mineola · 3 mi
- Merrick · 4 mi
- Rockville Centre · 4 mi
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