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Joseph L. Minore Park

Joseph L. Minore Park from directly overhead

Joseph L. Minore Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Plaza, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64107, -73.66696

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Henri Charpentier: 0.5 mi
  • Santo Padre Pio: 0.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Liberty Lighthouse: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • White Cannon Point: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • East Rockaway Sports Complex: 0.6 mi
  • Bay Park: 0.8 mi
  • Noah Pozner Playground: 0.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
  • Nautical Mile: 4.5 mi
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 5.9 mi
  • JFK: 6.4 mi
  • Jamaica: 8.6 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 46
Picnic sites: 30
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 3.7 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 16.0 mi
  • The Loch: 18.6 mi
  • The Falls: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 263°125 m23.7 mi
Jayne's HillNE 46°122 m17.5 mi
Harbor HillN 7°106 m11.0 mi
West HillsNE 45°106 m17.2 mi
Dix HillsNE 53°92 m20.4 mi
Signal HillNE 52°90 m19.7 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 45°85 m15.4 mi
Bronx High PointNW 325°85 m21.7 mi

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 °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.

  • American Robin75 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel74 obs
  • Mourning Dove67 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail67 obs
  • House Sparrow66 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly54 obs
  • Northern Cardinal50 obs
  • European Starling47 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/1176618289

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