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Kennedy Memorial Park

Kennedy Memorial Park from directly overhead

Kennedy Memorial Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69987, -73.61223

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lincoln Park: 0.5 mi
  • Campbell Park: 0.7 mi
  • Campbell Park: 0.8 mi
  • Uniondale Park: 0.8 mi
  • Denton Green Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Nautical Mile: 4.8 mi
  • Jamaica: 5.5 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 5.5 mi
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 7.7 mi
  • JFK: 9.7 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 40
Picnic sites: 35
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.0 mi
  • The Loch: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNE 51°122 m12.6 mi
Harbor HillNNW 348°106 m7.0 mi
West HillsNE 49°106 m12.4 mi
Dix HillsENE 59°92 m15.8 mi
Signal HillENE 58°90 m15.1 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 50°85 m10.6 mi
Bronx High PointNW 312°85 m20.5 mi
Manhattan High PointWNW 302°81 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4820:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
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.

  • Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
  • eastern white pine33 obs
  • American Robin32 obs
  • Mourning Dove30 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel30 obs
  • common mugwort26 obs
  • Northern Cardinal22 obs
  • black cherry21 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/331690336

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