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Hempstead Town Park of Point Lookout

Hempstead Town Park of Point Lookout from directly overhead

Hempstead Town Park of Point Lookout is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Park Point Lookout, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 22 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.58927, -73.58957

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Park Point Lookout: 0.1 mi
  • Malibu Town Park: 0.4 mi
  • Nickerson Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Point Lookout Baseball Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Town Park at Sands: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Woodcleft Canal Site: 3.2 mi
  • Woodcleft Inn: 3.5 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Colonel James Dean Historic Site: 4.1 mi
Attractions
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 0.8 mi
  • Nautical Mile: 3.1 mi
  • Jamaica: 7.5 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 7.6 mi
  • JFK: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Peaks: 29
Picnic sites: 26
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 20.6 mi
  • The Loch: 24.0 mi
  • The Falls: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNNE 29°122 m17.8 mi
Harbor HillN 350°106 m14.7 mi
West HillsNNE 28°106 m17.7 mi
Dix HillsNE 38°92 m20.0 mi
Signal HillNE 36°90 m19.5 mi
Mannetto HillsNNE 26°85 m16.0 mi
Queens High PointNNW 330°79.2 m13.5 mi
Half Hollow HillsNE 40°77 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4820:29
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4716:31

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, 4 mi away.

  • American Oystercatcher1,089 obs
  • Common Tern535 obs
  • Black Skimmer368 obs
  • Sanderling287 obs
  • American Herring Gull227 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull193 obs
  • Brant168 obs
  • Dunlin162 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 node/357564153

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