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Beechmont Oval

Beechmont Oval from directly overhead

Beechmont Oval is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Guard Hill stands 226 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rice Oval, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
26 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.93010, -73.78347

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rice Oval: 0.1 mi
  • Mazzella Field: 0.3 mi
  • Huguenot Park: 0.4 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Huguenot Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Jacob Leisler Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Thomas Paine Monument: 0.5 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Pelham Veteran's Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Split Rock: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Tillotson Steps: 4.7 mi
  • Cherry Bowl: 6.0 mi
  • Temple of Love: 6.0 mi
  • Rock and Stream Garden: 6.0 mi
  • The Vista: 6.0 mi
Peaks
  • Vault Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Bronx High Point: 6.7 mi
  • South Ridge: 7.4 mi
  • Marble Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Tetards Hill: 7.8 mi
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.6 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Beechmont Oval. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guard HillNNE 13°226 m19.5 mi
Chappaqua HillN 3°219 m16.7 mi
Sarles HillN 359°216 m15.1 mi
Hook MountainNNW 332°214 m14.9 mi
McKesson HillN 3°213 m17.7 mi
Buttermilk HillN 353°211 m12.5 mi
Mount NeboNW 318°208 m11.1 mi
Reynolds HillN 4°180 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:5020:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly113 obs
  • Porcelain Berry104 obs
  • American Robin91 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail90 obs
  • Canada Goose88 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel87 obs
  • common mugwort79 obs
  • Mallard76 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357609405

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