Park · New York
Francis Lewis Park
Francis Lewis Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is R.L. Von Bernuth Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates40.79674, -73.82472
- 3.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 8.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- R.L. Von Bernuth Park: 0.3 mi
- Alexander Grey Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Powell's Cove Park: 0.7 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.8 mi
- Private McKee Triangle: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Poppenhusen: 1.3 mi
- Shamrock: 1.6 mi
- Perpetual Nature: 2.4 mi
- Tom Seaver: 3.1 mi
- Queens: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
- World War 2: 1.3 mi
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 2.3 mi
- Flushing Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Fox Oaks: 2.3 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Third Base 1964-2008: 3.1 mi
Gardens
- Strawberry Field: 1.4 mi
- Waterfront Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Havemeyer Garden Association Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Garden in the Park: 2.0 mi
- Malcolm X Day Care Center: 3.2 mi
Museums
- Maritime National Museum: 1.9 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 2.1 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 2.3 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 2.3 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 1.9 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.4 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 6.6 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 7.2 mi
Attractions
- Deciduous Conifer Forest: 3.1 mi
- Oak Allée: 3.2 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 3.2 mi
- Pinetum: 3.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.2 mi
Beaches
- Parsons Beach: 4.1 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 6.1 mi
- Glen Island: 6.3 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 6.5 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 6.5 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 4.7 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 5.9 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.2 mi
- Mount Morris: 6.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.2 mi
- Street Seats: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Area D: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Area C: 11.3 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Palisades: 8.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 10.4 mi
- The Palisades: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Falls: 6.4 mi
- The Loch: 7.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 6.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 18.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 10.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Francis Lewis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | N 2° | 211 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 343° | 208 m | 18.2 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 8° | 180 m | 21.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 273° | 179 m | 21.9 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 13° | 170 m | 21.6 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 11° | 156 m | 19.0 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 357° | 147 m | 20.3 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 359° | 140 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 3 mi away.
- common mugwort2,328 obs
- groundsel tree136 obs
- common reed90 obs
- Atlantic Ribbed Mussel57 obs
- Saltmarsh Cordgrass56 obs
- Monarch52 obs
- Asian Shore Crab52 obs
- ribwort plantain52 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/25154502
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 2 mi
- Bronx · 4 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 6 mi
- Manhasset · 7 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 7 mi
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