Heckscher Park
Heckscher Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 9/11 memorial: 0.1 mi
- Old Burial Hill: 0.3 mi
- Huntington World War I Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Fireman's Bell: 0.3 mi
- The Forgotten War: 0.4 mi
- Heckscher Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- The Arsenal: 0.4 mi
- The Whaling Museum & Education Center: 1.8 mi
- Preservation Long Islannd: 1.9 mi
- Fire House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Village Green Park: 0.2 mi
- Huntington YMCA: 0.2 mi
- John J. Flanagan Memorial Activity Center: 0.4 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 0.6 mi
- Halesite Park: 1.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Three Condors: 2.2 mi
- Charles Darwin: 2.7 mi
- Heron Statue: 2.7 mi
- Dance of the Polypeptides: 2.7 mi
- Squadron Hill Park: 1.3 mi
- Camp Dogwood: 1.4 mi
- Wawapek Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Jennings Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Mill Cove Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Gold Star Battalion Beach: 1.7 mi
- Quail Hill Beach: 2.4 mi
- Crescent Beach: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 2.5 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 2.6 mi
- Organic Demonstration Site #1: 2.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Crucifix Garden: 3.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.9 mi
- ATCG Tower: 2.7 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 3.5 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 5.6 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 13.1 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 13.6 mi
- West Hills: 4.1 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 4.2 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 4.9 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 5.2 mi
- Lower Education Area: 4.6 mi
- Upper Education Area: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 5.5 mi
- Wolf 5: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 5.2 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 5.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 11.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 11.5 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 14.2 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 4.7 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 5.2 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 12.0 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 23.7 mi
- Farms Falls: 20.0 mi
- The Falls: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Heckscher Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Hill | NW 320° | 172 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NW 314° | 170 m | 22.5 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | N 355° | 164 m | 23.0 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 307° | 156 m | 22.0 mi |
| Huckleberry Hills | N 352° | 141 m | 22.0 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 351° | 140 m | 20.3 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | S 183° | 122 m | 4.2 mi |
| Ferris Hill | N 351° | 120 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 3 mi away.
- Pond Slider59 obs
- Canada Goose56 obs
- Mallard40 obs
- Mute Swan38 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
- Ring-necked Duck20 obs
- red maple19 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider19 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/211130476
Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 6 mi
- Bayville · 7 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 9 mi
- Glen Cove · 11 mi
- Nassau County · 13 mi
- Roslyn · 13 mi
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