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Hollis Veterans Square

Hollis Veterans Square from directly overhead

Hollis Veterans Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Susan Reiner Menoscal, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.5 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.71029, -73.77134
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 0.8 mi
  • Madonna: 0.8 mi
  • Wingdale: 0.9 mi
  • Jam Master Jay: 1.0 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 1.4 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Unity Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 4.0 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.3 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 52
  • Queens High Point: 4.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 6.8 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Janes Hill: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Picnic Area D: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Cliffs: 11
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.2 mi
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.7 mi
  • Palisades: 14.4 mi
  • Palisades: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.0 mi
  • The Loch: 11.5 mi
  • The Falls: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 341°208 m24.8 mi
Kennelwood HillN 2°156 m24.7 mi
Beaver HillN 353°140 m24.8 mi
Todt HillWSW 247°125 m19.5 mi
Jayne's HillENE 68°122 m19.5 mi
Harbor HillNE 48°106 m9.2 mi
West HillsENE 67°106 m19.2 mi
Dix HillsENE 71°92 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel306 obs
  • American tuliptree195 obs
  • American sweetgum176 obs
  • eastern poison ivy171 obs
  • American Robin161 obs
  • wild geranium160 obs
  • Rock Pigeon153 obs
  • Canada Goose151 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/849493564

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