Historic site · New York
Camp Meeting Grounds
Camp Meeting Grounds is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Merrick Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 19 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Annual Methodist Camp meetings were held North of this marker from 1869 to the early 1920's.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.67868, -73.55495
- 19.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Merrick Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Fraser Avenue Park: 0.8 mi
- Gunther Field Park: 0.9 mi
- Gunther Field: 0.9 mi
- Relic Of The World Trade Center: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Roosevelt Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Merokee Preserve: 1.3 mi
- East Meadow Bird Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Wantagh Woods: 2.5 mi
- Brookside Preserve: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- Site of Stage Coach Stop: 1.1 mi
- Bellmore Maintenance Facility: 1.4 mi
- Cannon: 2.1 mi
- Village of East Meadow Monument: 2.3 mi
- Wantagh Railroad Complex: 2.3 mi
Gardens
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site: 3.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 3.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 5.0 mi
Artworks
- Merrie Merrick: 2.0 mi
- Dwight David Eisenhower: 3.2 mi
- Trap: 3.4 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 3.4 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 3.5 mi
Attractions
- Jamaica: 2.3 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 2.3 mi
- Nautical Mile: 3.4 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 6.1 mi
- JFK: 12.3 mi
Museums
- Wantagh Museum: 2.3 mi
- Baldwin Historical Museum: 3.1 mi
- Seaford Historical Society: 3.6 mi
- Tackapausha Museum: 3.8 mi
- Tackapausha Museum Library: 3.8 mi
Beaches
- Alhambra Beach: 4.6 mi
- Jones Beach: 6.4 mi
- Lido Beach: 7.1 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 7.6 mi
- Amityville Beach: 7.9 mi
Peaks: 38
- Harbor Hill: 9.4 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 9.7 mi
- Queens High Point: 10.2 mi
- West Hills: 11.5 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Sycamore: 3.3 mi
- Birches: 3.6 mi
- Black Pine: 3.6 mi
- South Maples: 3.7 mi
- Cedars: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Cooper Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 18.5 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 18.5 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 19.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 16.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.8 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 20.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- The Falls: 20.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 21.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 21.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 21.9 mi
- The Loch: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Long Island Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Meeting Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | NE 36° | 122 m | 11.6 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNW 332° | 106 m | 9.4 mi |
| West Hills | NE 34° | 106 m | 11.5 mi |
| Dix Hills | NE 48° | 92 m | 14.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | NE 46° | 90 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NNE 32° | 85 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NW 310° | 85 m | 23.7 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | WNW 301° | 81 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 35 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wantagh Cedar Creek, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8973238385
Day trips start here
- Merrick · 1 mi
- Hempstead · 4 mi
- Nassau County · 4 mi
- Rockville Centre · 4 mi
- Garden City · 6 mi
- Mineola · 6 mi
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