Last Chance Pond Park
Last Chance Pond Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is MacArthur Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- MacArthur Park: 0.2 mi
- Dongan Playground: 0.5 mi
- Midland Field: 0.6 mi
- Midland Playground: 0.6 mi
- Midland Beach: 1.0 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 0.6 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 1.2 mi
- Todt Hill Woods: 1.4 mi
- Egbertville Ravine: 1.8 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 2.1 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 0.6 mi
- Jurassic Park: 0.9 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 2.0 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 2.2 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 2.2 mi
- Midland Beach: 1.1 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 1.6 mi
- South Beach: 1.6 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 2.0 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 2.3 mi
- World War I: 1.2 mi
- Battery Ayres: 2.2 mi
- Battery Richmond: 2.3 mi
- Battery Barry: 2.4 mi
- Battery Upton: 2.5 mi
- Native Rhododendron Garden: 1.3 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Hill Street Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Joe Holzka Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Healing Garden Perennial Beds: 3.9 mi
- St. Anne: 1.4 mi
- St. Anthony: 1.4 mi
- South Beach: 1.8 mi
- Wingdale: 2.4 mi
- Willowbrook Mile 11: 2.7 mi
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art: 2.1 mi
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum: 2.5 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 2.5 mi
- Mont Sec House: 2.6 mi
- Transportation Museum: 2.6 mi
- Todt Hill: 1.4 mi
- Emerson Hill: 1.7 mi
- Fox Hills: 2.4 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.5 mi
- Park Hill: 2.5 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 7.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 9.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 9.2 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 9.5 mi
- Palisades: 11.4 mi
- Palisades: 13.5 mi
- Hawk Hill: 15.3 mi
- Palisades: 16.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.8 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.2 mi
- Hobble Falls: 15.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 9.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- North Tower: 14.2 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 14.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 8.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 8.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.2 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Barber: 9.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 16.5 mi
- Raritan Landing: 19.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Last Chance Pond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NNW 334° | 179 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 323° | 175 m | 16.4 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | W 273° | 168 m | 23.7 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 323° | 134 m | 19.7 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 294° | 126 m | 19.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | NW 323° | 125 m | 1.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 199° | 120 m | 14.0 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 197° | 106 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage195 obs
- Porcelain Berry192 obs
- Wild Turkey168 obs
- garlic mustard111 obs
- American wintergreen108 obs
- Canada Goose107 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander98 obs
- common mugwort94 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/34197667
Day trips start here
- Staten Island · 3 mi
- Bayonne · 6 mi
- Elizabeth · 8 mi
- Linden · 8 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 10 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 10 mi
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