Cow Meadow Preserve
Cow Meadow Preserve is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Meadow Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 21 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cow Meadow Park: 0.2 mi
- Guy Lombardo Marina: 0.6 mi
- Randall Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Nautical Mile: 0.7 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 2.9 mi
- Jamaica: 4.5 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 4.5 mi
- JFK: 11.5 mi
- Woodcleft Canal Site: 0.7 mi
- Woodcleft Inn: 0.8 mi
- Colonel James Dean Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Cannon: 1.8 mi
- Site of Stage Coach Stop: 2.2 mi
- Merrie Merrick: 1.2 mi
- Trap: 5.8 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 5.8 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 5.8 mi
- Lost and Found: An Excavation Project: 6.2 mi
- Brookside Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Merokee Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Roosevelt Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Marine Nature Study Area: 2.9 mi
- Lido Beach Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Baldwin Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Wantagh Museum: 4.5 mi
- Philips House: 4.5 mi
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 5.0 mi
- Lakeview Garden: 5.2 mi
- Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site: 5.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 5.8 mi
- Lido Beach: 4.1 mi
- Jones Beach: 4.4 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 5.2 mi
- Alhambra Beach: 5.3 mi
- Long Beach: 6.1 mi
- Queens High Point: 11.6 mi
- Harbor Hill: 12.0 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 12.8 mi
- West Hills: 14.5 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 14.7 mi
- Accessible Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Sycamore: 6.3 mi
- South Maples: 6.6 mi
- Cedars: 6.6 mi
- Birches: 6.7 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 21.7 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 21.8 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 20.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 21.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 21.2 mi
- The Falls: 22.6 mi
- The Loch: 23.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.2 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 23.9 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cow Meadow Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | NNE 31° | 122 m | 14.7 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNW 342° | 106 m | 12.0 mi |
| West Hills | NNE 30° | 106 m | 14.5 mi |
| Dix Hills | NE 42° | 92 m | 17.0 mi |
| Signal Hill | NE 40° | 90 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NNE 28° | 85 m | 12.8 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | NW 308° | 81 m | 24.5 mi |
| Queens High Point | NW 318° | 79.2 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside, 3 mi away.
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron69 obs
- Great Egret68 obs
- Italian Wall Lizard68 obs
- Canada Goose65 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron63 obs
- Common Purslane62 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly56 obs
- Mallard55 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 node/357555511
Day trips start here
- Merrick · 2 mi
- Rockville Centre · 4 mi
- Hempstead · 6 mi
- Nassau County · 7 mi
- Garden City · 8 mi
- Mineola · 9 mi
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