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Herricks Park

Herricks Park from directly overhead

Herricks Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is John D. Caemmerer Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
32 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.76086, -73.65841
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John D. Caemmerer Park: 0.5 mi
  • Williston Park: 0.6 mi
  • Searingtown Pond Park: 0.8 mi
  • The Albertson Triangle: 0.8 mi
  • Thomas Field: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Formal Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Clark Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 3.4 mi
Artworks
  • Theodore Roosevelt: 1.9 mi
  • Mackay Horse Tamer: 2.3 mi
  • Benjamin Franklin: 2.5 mi
  • Mackay Horse Tamer: 2.5 mi
  • Alexander Turney Stewart: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 4.7 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Parsons Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Harry Tappen Beach: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
  • Circle Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 8.8 mi
  • Unity Garden: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Harbor Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Queens High Point: 3.2 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 9.9 mi
  • Mannetto Hills: 10.9 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • West Lindens: 4.7 mi
  • Lindens B: 4.7 mi
  • North Maples: 4.7 mi
  • Lindens A: 4.7 mi
  • Cedars: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 13.0 mi
  • The Loch: 15.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNW 325°208 m24.3 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 346°180 m24.5 mi
Round HillN 358°172 m23.7 mi
Cooney HillN 351°170 m23.8 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 346°156 m21.8 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 337°147 m24.7 mi
Beaver HillNNW 337°140 m22.9 mi
Hackley HillNNW 335°140 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee72 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail56 obs
  • American Robin45 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel38 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee37 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee35 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly35 obs
  • Northern Cardinal34 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/488483564

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