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Harbor Hill Preserve

Harbor Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Harbor Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenstreets, a park 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Land Alliance
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.76170, -73.70482
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greenstreets: 0.6 mi
  • Greenstreets: 0.7 mi
  • Merillon Field: 0.7 mi
  • Greenstreets: 0.8 mi
  • Whitney Polo Field: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 0.8 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 10.3 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 11.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Greenstreets: 2.1 mi
  • Pollinator Place: 2.3 mi
  • Cloverdale Gardens at Bayside: 2.7 mi
  • The Estates at Bayside: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • Turtle Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Dog: 2.3 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 2.7 mi
  • St. Francis Statue: 3.5 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 4.0 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 6.1 mi
  • Circle Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 6.4 mi
  • Unity Garden: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 34
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 11.3 mi
  • The Loch: 13.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Harbor Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 330°208 m23.0 mi
Reynolds HillN 352°180 m24.0 mi
Round HillN 4°172 m23.7 mi
Cooney HillN 357°170 m23.5 mi
Kennelwood HillN 353°156 m21.3 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 342°147 m23.8 mi
Beaver HillNNW 343°140 m22.1 mi
Hackley HillNNW 341°140 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381029180

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