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Hickey Field Park

Hickey Field Park from directly overhead

Hickey Field Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Charles P Ketler Power Plant, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.65748, -73.63935

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • The Charles P Ketler Power Plant: 0.1 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Church of the Ascension: 0.5 mi
  • Liberty Lighthouse: 1.1 mi
  • Santo Padre Pio: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Village Green: 0.1 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Reverend Doctor Morgan Days Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lister Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Nautical Mile: 3.4 mi
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 5.6 mi
  • Jamaica: 6.9 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 7.0 mi
  • JFK: 7.8 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 45
Picnic sites: 29
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.4 mi
  • The Falls: 19.1 mi
  • The Loch: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNE 46°122 m15.6 mi
Harbor HillN 360°106 m9.8 mi
West HillsNE 45°106 m15.4 mi
Dix HillsNE 53°92 m18.6 mi
Signal HillNE 52°90 m17.9 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 45°85 m13.6 mi
Bronx High PointNW 320°85 m21.6 mi
Manhattan High PointNW 311°81 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4820:30
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 °F333440505968757467564638
Precip in3.83.04.64.24.34.64.24.23.84.33.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside, 2 mi away.

  • horseweed518 obs
  • Asian bittersweet200 obs
  • common mugwort142 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly138 obs
  • Mallard106 obs
  • American Robin100 obs
  • garlic mustard94 obs
  • Porcelain Berry84 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 way/590302353

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