Forest City Park
Forest City Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Hill Road Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 20 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Hill Road Park: 0.6 mi
- Duckpond Drive Park: 0.7 mi
- Willowwood Drive Park: 0.7 mi
- Slate Lane Park: 0.9 mi
- Michael J Rosenberg Park: 1.2 mi
- Wantagh Woods: 0.7 mi
- East Meadow Bird Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 2.2 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 2.3 mi
- Merokee Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Bellmore Maintenance Facility: 0.8 mi
- Wantagh Railroad Complex: 1.3 mi
- Camp Meeting Grounds: 2.1 mi
- T. Jones' Cabin: 2.2 mi
- Village of East Meadow Monument: 2.3 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 1.2 mi
- Jamaica: 1.2 mi
- Nautical Mile: 5.3 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 7.7 mi
- ATCG Tower: 11.6 mi
- Wantagh Museum: 1.3 mi
- Seaford Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Tackapausha Museum: 2.8 mi
- Tackapausha Museum Library: 2.8 mi
- Museum Row: 4.5 mi
- Dwight David Eisenhower: 3.0 mi
- Merrie Merrick: 3.9 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 4.3 mi
- Trap: 4.3 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 4.3 mi
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
- Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site: 4.2 mi
- Sensory Garden: 4.2 mi
- Hicksville Garden: 5.0 mi
- Alhambra Beach: 3.8 mi
- Amityville Beach: 6.6 mi
- Jones Beach: 7.1 mi
- Copiague Beach: 7.1 mi
- Tobay Beach: 7.8 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 7.8 mi
- Harbor Hill: 9.4 mi
- West Hills: 9.5 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 9.6 mi
- Half Hollow Hills: 10.0 mi
- Sycamore: 3.4 mi
- Birches: 3.4 mi
- Black Pine: 3.5 mi
- South Maples: 3.7 mi
- Cedars: 3.7 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 16.9 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 14.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.9 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 19.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.9 mi
- The Falls: 21.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 23.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 23.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 23.7 mi
- The Loch: 23.9 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 13.0 mi
- Cuties Island: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | NNE 32° | 122 m | 9.6 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NW 319° | 106 m | 9.4 mi |
| West Hills | NNE 29° | 106 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dix Hills | NE 46° | 92 m | 12.1 mi |
| Signal Hill | NE 44° | 90 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NNE 26° | 85 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NW 305° | 85 m | 24.4 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | WNW 297° | 81 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 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 | 35 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wantagh Cedar Creek, 3 mi away.
- Spotted spurge303 obs
- Japanese honeysuckle121 obs
- eastern poison ivy120 obs
- sassafras103 obs
- common mugwort102 obs
- lesser celandine101 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush97 obs
- black cherry89 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/582459773
Day trips start here
- Merrick · 3 mi
- Nassau County · 4 mi
- Hempstead · 5 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 5 mi
- Rockville Centre · 6 mi
- Garden City · 7 mi
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