Skip to content
Byway
Park · New York

Glen Oaks Oval (Tenney Park)

Glen Oaks Oval (Tenney Park) from directly overhead

Glen Oaks Oval (Tenney Park) is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Royal Ranch Pool Club, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
37 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.74950, -73.71563
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 0.6 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 9.7 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Greenstreets: 1.1 mi
  • Pollinator Place: 1.4 mi
  • Windsor Oaks: 2.0 mi
  • Cloverdale Gardens at Bayside: 2.0 mi
  • Winsor Oaks: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Turtle Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 1.8 mi
  • Dog: 2.1 mi
  • Jam Master Jay: 3.5 mi
  • Turnabout: 3.9 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 4.9 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 5.9 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
  • Circle Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 5.8 mi
  • Unity Garden: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.2 mi
  • North Maples: 7.3 mi
  • West Lindens: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 11.6 mi
  • The Loch: 13.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Glen Oaks Oval (Tenney Park). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 332°208 m23.4 mi
Reynolds HillN 354°180 m24.8 mi
Round HillN 5°172 m24.6 mi
Cooney HillN 358°170 m24.3 mi
Kennelwood HillN 354°156 m22.1 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 344°147 m24.4 mi
Beaver HillNNW 345°140 m22.7 mi
Hackley HillNNW 343°140 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander285 obs
  • American Robin280 obs
  • Spring Peeper279 obs
  • American beech268 obs
  • eastern poison ivy255 obs
  • garlic mustard241 obs
  • common mugwort231 obs
  • multiflora rose226 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/400242590

More parks in New York

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Glen Oaks Oval (Tenney Park).

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens