Hook Creek Ballfield
Hook Creek Ballfield is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Square, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Square: 0.2 mi
- Laurelton Playground: 0.3 mi
- Mentone Playground: 0.6 mi
- Arlington Park: 0.7 mi
- Brookville Park: 1.0 mi
- Rosedale Vietnam Monument: 0.2 mi
- Hewlett Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- HBFD Memorial: 2.5 mi
- John Paul Jones Park: 2.6 mi
- Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 2.8 mi
- Lawrence Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Seagirt Avenue Wetlands: 4.8 mi
- Norton Basin Natural Resource Area: 4.9 mi
- The Garden of Resilience: 1.8 mi
- Cambria Heights Civic Association Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- St. Albans Local Development: 2.3 mi
- Phoenix Gate Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Merrick-Marsden Neighbors Association, Inc.: 2.6 mi
- A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 2.3 mi
- Frog: 2.8 mi
- Frog: 2.8 mi
- Frog: 2.8 mi
- Frog: 2.8 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 2.8 mi
- Grist Mill Museum: 3.9 mi
- Rock Hall: 4.0 mi
- The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives: 4.3 mi
- Philips House: 4.4 mi
- JFK: 3.0 mi
- Welcome Center: 6.5 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 6.9 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 7.6 mi
- Circle Garden: 7.6 mi
- Hicks Beach: 5.4 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 5.6 mi
- Harbor Isle Beach: 5.6 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 5.6 mi
- East Atlantic Beach: 5.9 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.3 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 9.8 mi
- Harbor Hill: 10.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 10.9 mi
- Willink Hill: 12.2 mi
- Picnic Area D: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area C: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area F: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Area G: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Area A: 1.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Palisades: 16.7 mi
- Palisades: 16.8 mi
- Palisades: 17.2 mi
- Palisades: 19.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.6 mi
- The Loch: 14.9 mi
- The Falls: 16.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.0 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hook Creek Ballfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | WSW 257° | 125 m | 20.6 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 57° | 122 m | 19.1 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNE 28° | 106 m | 10.4 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 56° | 106 m | 18.8 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 62° | 92 m | 22.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 61° | 90 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 58° | 85 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 331° | 85 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel299 obs
- Mallard293 obs
- Canada Goose217 obs
- American Robin194 obs
- common milkweed139 obs
- Rock Pigeon126 obs
- European Starling125 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird123 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357640794
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Rockville Centre · 5 mi
- Garden City · 6 mi
- Hempstead · 7 mi
- Mineola · 7 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 7 mi
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