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Grant Park

Grant Park from directly overhead

Grant Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Pond Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64497, -73.68835

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Hewlett Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Henri Charpentier: 0.9 mi
  • HBFD Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Santo Padre Pio: 1.2 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Artworks
  • History of Time: 4.8 mi
  • The Young Rembrandt: 4.9 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 4.9 mi
  • Voice of Tomorrow: 5.0 mi
  • Frog: 5.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 47
  • Queens High Point: 8.0 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 12.5 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Willink Hill: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area A: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 2.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.9 mi
  • The Loch: 17.6 mi
  • The Falls: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grant Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 262°125 m22.6 mi
Jayne's HillNE 49°122 m18.1 mi
Harbor HillNNE 13°106 m11.0 mi
West HillsNE 48°106 m17.9 mi
Dix HillsNE 56°92 m21.2 mi
Signal HillNE 55°90 m20.5 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 49°85 m16.1 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 327°85 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333440505968757467564638
Precip in3.83.04.64.24.34.64.24.23.84.33.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel232 obs
  • Mallard162 obs
  • Rock Pigeon157 obs
  • Canada Goose156 obs
  • House Sparrow145 obs
  • Mourning Dove133 obs
  • American Robin132 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail129 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/459264662

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