Glen Island Park
Glen Island Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Chappaqua Hill stands 219 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Island, a beach 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 8.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glen Island: 0.2 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 1.6 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 1.7 mi
- Manor Beach: 2.8 mi
- Shore Acres Pool Club Beach: 4.9 mi
- Neptune Park: 0.3 mi
- Shore Park: 0.4 mi
- Eddie Foy Park: 0.5 mi
- VFW Totlot: 0.7 mi
- D'Onofrio Park: 0.8 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 1.1 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 2.5 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 3.8 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 3.8 mi
- Sheldrake River Trails: 4.6 mi
- Huguenot Yacht Club Ruins: 1.2 mi
- Split Rock: 1.7 mi
- Glover's Rock: 1.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Peace Monument: 2.0 mi
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: 1.5 mi
- Marble School House: 3.4 mi
- Thomas Paine Cottage and Museum: 3.4 mi
- American Merchant Marine Museum: 5.0 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 5.1 mi
- Wilhelm Tell: 2.1 mi
- Dolphin: 2.7 mi
- Farragut Monument: 4.3 mi
- Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 4.5 mi
- Bruce Lee Mural: 4.5 mi
- Tillotson Steps: 3.1 mi
- Parking: 5.2 mi
- World of Birds: 5.4 mi
- Monkey House: 5.5 mi
- Madagascar!: 5.5 mi
- Bronxville Giving Garden: 4.2 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 4.2 mi
- Garden in the Park: 4.6 mi
- Edible Academy: 5.0 mi
- Rockefeller Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- Vault Hill: 5.8 mi
- Bronx High Point: 6.4 mi
- Marble Hill: 6.7 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 7.1 mi
- Tetards Hill: 7.1 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.2 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 10.0 mi
- Street Seats: 12.8 mi
- Palisades: 8.3 mi
- The Palisades: 8.4 mi
- Palisades: 8.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Palisades: 12.1 mi
- The Falls: 3.0 mi
- The Loch: 11.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 18.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 18.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 18.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 2.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 14.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Glen Island Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chappaqua Hill | N 2° | 219 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sarles Hill | N 359° | 216 m | 18.2 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNW 337° | 214 m | 17.7 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | N 355° | 211 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 326° | 208 m | 13.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 3° | 180 m | 15.2 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 21° | 172 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 10° | 170 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- white snakeroot697 obs
- groundsel tree216 obs
- Porcelain Berry185 obs
- White-tailed Deer169 obs
- Asian bittersweet153 obs
- common reed135 obs
- common mugwort117 obs
- garlic mustard108 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/210661908
Day trips start here
- Pelham · 2 mi
- Larchmont · 3 mi
- Mount Vernon · 3 mi
- New Rochelle · 3 mi
- Bronxville · 4 mi
- Eastchester · 5 mi
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