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Bethpage Community Park

Bethpage Community Park from directly overhead

Bethpage Community Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Powell Cemetery, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 21 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.75526, -73.48650

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Meade Ave Park B-17: 0.5 mi
  • Matthew Brian McGrorty Memorial Field B-11: 0.5 mi
  • Evelyn Drive Park B-16: 0.7 mi
  • Hicksville Soccer Field: 0.8 mi
  • Apollo Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
  • Hicksville Gregory Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Long Island Fair Exhibition Hall: 2.3 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration: 2.5 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center: 2.5 mi
  • Museum of American Armor: 2.6 mi
Gardens
  • Hicksville Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Rain Garden Planted August 2012: 2.3 mi
  • Garden of Hope: 3.1 mi
  • Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 3.2 mi
  • The Sustainable Garden: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 31
Picnic sites: 29
  • Picnic Area A & B: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.9 mi
  • Birches: 4.8 mi
  • Black Pine: 4.8 mi
  • Sycamore: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • The Falls: 20.7 mi
  • The Loch: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bethpage Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNE 38°122 m5.2 mi
West HillsNE 34°106 m5.1 mi
Harbor HillWNW 291°106 m8.6 mi
Dix HillsENE 58°92 m8.2 mi
Signal HillNE 55°90 m7.4 mi
Mannetto HillsNNE 28°85 m3.3 mi
Bronx High PointWNW 295°85 m24.0 mi
Manhattan High PointWNW 286°81 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2419:4820:29
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323440506069757467564638
Precip in2.72.03.53.63.23.43.13.33.73.42.93.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmingdale Republic AP, 4 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee242 obs
  • pink lady's slipper200 obs
  • Monarch150 obs
  • eastern white pine92 obs
  • striped wintergreen76 obs
  • Solomon's plume68 obs
  • American wintergreen66 obs
  • eastern poison ivy64 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 way/560425040

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