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Heckscher State Park

Heckscher State Park from directly overhead

Heckscher State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is West Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.70754, -73.17059
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bayard Cutting Arboretum: 1.8 mi
  • East Islip Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Oak Park: 2.0 mi
  • Islip Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Brookwood Hall Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Great River Depot: 2.3 mi
  • State Hospital: 5.3 mi
  • East End Tricentennial - Time Capsule 2083: 6.1 mi
  • 9/11: 6.5 mi
  • Lt. Michael Murphy Memorial Monument: 6.9 mi
Gardens
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Garden of Serenity: 11.6 mi
Museums: 59
Artworks: 53
  • Long Island: 4.2 mi
  • Art Gallery: 6.8 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 9.4 mi
  • Bearer of Peace: 11.8 mi
  • Pray Mantis: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Wolf 1: 9.2 mi
  • Wolf 2: 9.3 mi
  • Wolf 4: 9.3 mi
  • Wolf 3: 9.3 mi
  • Wolf 5: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 12
Attractions: 10
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 14.6 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 17.1 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 17.9 mi
  • Jamaica: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW 299°122 m15.3 mi
West HillsWNW 299°106 m15.6 mi
Dix HillsNW 308°92 m12.2 mi
Signal HillNW 306°90 m12.8 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW 293°85 m16.2 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW 297°77 m11.8 mi
Rock HillENE 65°64 m23.8 mi
Mill Neck PeakWNW 301°59 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4720:28
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1415:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495868757567564638
Precip in3.54.64.43.83.53.74.65.84.43.63.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molloy Cercom, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer73 obs
  • Wild Turkey43 obs
  • Osprey35 obs
  • Atlantic Blue Crab31 obs
  • Seaside Dragonlet31 obs
  • Spring Peeper29 obs
  • common reed27 obs
  • Canada Goose26 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29482030

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