Hempstead Bench Spread
Hempstead Bench Spread is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Kennelwood Hill stands 156 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hempstead Ballfield, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hempstead Ballfield: 0.0 mi
- Pat Williams Playground: 0.2 mi
- Wayanda Park: 0.5 mi
- Queens Village Veterans Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Belmont Park: 0.7 mi
- In Memory of the Unborn: 1.0 mi
- David M. "Duke" Nugent: 1.5 mi
- Site of Home and SeedHouse: 1.6 mi
- America the Beautiful: 1.7 mi
- Tyson Building Historic Society Sign: 1.7 mi
- Cambria Heights Civic Association Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Greenstreets: 1.7 mi
- Childrens Garden: 1.8 mi
- Giving Garden: 1.8 mi
- Hollis Hills Greenstreets: 2.1 mi
- Jam Master Jay: 1.3 mi
- A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 2.0 mi
- Reclaimed Habitat: 2.4 mi
- St. Paul of the Cross: 2.9 mi
- Madonna: 3.0 mi
- The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives: 1.7 mi
- King Manor Museum: 3.9 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 4.0 mi
- Environmental Education and Resiliency Center: 4.9 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 4.9 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 3.3 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.7 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 5.8 mi
- Parsons Beach: 4.4 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 7.5 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.6 mi
- PWEA Beach: 7.8 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 8.1 mi
- Welcome Center: 4.8 mi
- JFK: 5.0 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.8 mi
- Circle Garden: 5.8 mi
- Unity Garden: 5.8 mi
- Queens High Point: 3.3 mi
- Harbor Hill: 7.7 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 9.0 mi
- Laurel Hill: 10.2 mi
- Janes Hill: 11.8 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Area F: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area G: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area A: 4.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Palisades: 15.3 mi
- Palisades: 15.8 mi
- Palisades: 16.6 mi
- Palisades: 16.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.1 mi
- The Loch: 13.4 mi
- The Falls: 13.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hempstead Bench Spread. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennelwood Hill | N 357° | 156 m | 24.7 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 249° | 125 m | 21.6 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 65° | 122 m | 17.5 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 37° | 106 m | 7.7 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 65° | 106 m | 17.2 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 69° | 92 m | 21.0 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 69° | 90 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 67° | 85 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Mourning Dove33 obs
- European Starling27 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- Brown-lipped Snail23 obs
- American Robin21 obs
- common mugwort21 obs
- Northern Cardinal20 obs
- Italian Wall Lizard19 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/999733672
Day trips start here
- Garden City · 4 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Mineola · 5 mi
- Hempstead · 6 mi
- Manhasset · 6 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 6 mi
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