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Herricks Road Park

Herricks Road Park from directly overhead

Herricks Road Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Emory Road Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
30 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.74762, -73.65831
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Emory Road Park: 0.3 mi
  • Park Circle: 0.4 mi
  • Thomas Field: 0.4 mi
  • Fireman Richard W. Provost Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Williston Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Formal Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Clark Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Giving Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Childrens Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 3.1 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.5 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Harry Tappen Beach: 6.2 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 8.3 mi
  • Circle Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Nautical Mile: 8.8 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 56
  • Queens High Point: 3.3 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 10.7 mi
  • Mannetto Hills: 11.1 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • West Lindens: 4.3 mi
  • North Maples: 4.3 mi
  • Lindens B: 4.3 mi
  • Lindens A: 4.4 mi
  • Cedars: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
  • The Loch: 16.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round HillN 358°172 m24.6 mi
Cooney HillN 351°170 m24.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 347°156 m22.7 mi
Beaver HillNNW 338°140 m23.8 mi
Hackley HillNNW 336°140 m24.5 mi
Tappan HillNNW 336°127 m24.7 mi
Jayne's HillENE 69°122 m13.1 mi
Harbor HillNNE 15°106 m3.7 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Cottontail64 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel50 obs
  • American Robin43 obs
  • Mourning Dove39 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
  • Northern Cardinal36 obs
  • Canada Goose33 obs
  • Rock Pigeon28 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/542335628

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