Park · New York
Gravesend Park
Gravesend Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mother Teresa Statue, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.62365, -73.98455
- 15.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Mother Teresa Statue: 0.6 mi
- Hulk: 0.8 mi
- Brooklyn Bucolic: 1.3 mi
- Now & Then: 1.6 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 1.6 mi
Parks
- Friends Field: 0.7 mi
- DiGilio Playground: 0.7 mi
- Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Park: 0.8 mi
- Dahill Triangle: 0.9 mi
- Samuel Goldberg Triangle: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Pope John Paul II: 0.8 mi
- FDR Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine: 1.3 mi
- Paul W. Kolbert Playground: 1.4 mi
- James B. Warden: 1.9 mi
Museums
- Living Torah Museum: 0.8 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 2.3 mi
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: 2.7 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 2.7 mi
- Lefferts Historic House: 3.0 mi
Gardens
- East Fourth Street Garden: 1.8 mi
- Q Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Prospect Farm: 2.2 mi
- Caton Migration Garden: 2.3 mi
- Rogers/Tilden/Veronica Place Block Association Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Attractions
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 2.0 mi
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 2.0 mi
- Hammerhead Peninsula: 2.2 mi
- Drummer's Grove: 2.5 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 2.6 mi
Beaches
- Coney Island Beach: 3.5 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 3.9 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 4.1 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 4.1 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 4.4 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 4.8 mi
- Bird Island: 5.1 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 5.1 mi
- Swinburne Island: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 49
- Battle Hill: 2.3 mi
- Lookout Hill: 2.4 mi
- Breeze Hill: 2.6 mi
- Quaker Hill: 2.7 mi
- Willink Hill: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.2 mi
- Freedom Field: 6.4 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 8.8 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 12.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Palisades: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Fallkill Falls: 2.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 2.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.9 mi
- The Loch: 11.9 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.2 mi
- North Tower: 15.7 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 15.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gravesend Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 314° | 179 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 303° | 175 m | 19.0 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 306° | 134 m | 22.1 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 282° | 126 m | 24.3 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 257° | 125 m | 7.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 214° | 120 m | 19.2 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 212° | 106 m | 18.7 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 56° | 106 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 2 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee709 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle442 obs
- Western Honey Bee329 obs
- Thick-legged Hover Fly294 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly290 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee275 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee266 obs
- Eurasian Drone Fly263 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/249652392
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- Brooklyn/Downtown · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 6 mi
- Bayonne · 7 mi
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