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Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park from directly overhead

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The story

park in Nassau County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q7782004, matched on coordinates and name (58 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2011
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87668, -73.53382

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 5.4 mi
  • West Hills: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 1.4 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 5.2 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 12.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.7 mi
  • The Loch: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 318°211 m21.7 mi
Reynolds HillNW 322°180 m20.0 mi
Round HillNNW 335°172 m17.3 mi
Cooney HillNNW 326°170 m18.6 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 318°156 m17.6 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 8°141 m21.9 mi
Canoe HillN 8°140 m20.2 mi
Beaver HillNW 311°140 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11500630977

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