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Kissena Park

Kissena Park from directly overhead

Kissena Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kissena Park World War I Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.74578, -73.80729
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Seven Seas Sports Courts: 0.3 mi
  • Kissena Corridor Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ye Olde Burial Ground of Flushing: 0.7 mi
  • Electric Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Greenstreets: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 0.9 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Unity Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 1.1 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 6.9 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.4 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 4.7 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 4.9 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Janes Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Morris: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Street Seats: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.2 mi
  • Palisades: 10.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • The Loch: 8.7 mi
  • The Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Kissena Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 343°208 m21.9 mi
Stony HillWNW 281°179 m23.3 mi
Kennelwood HillN 7°156 m22.4 mi
Kykuit HillN 355°147 m23.8 mi
Beaver HillN 357°140 m22.2 mi
Hackley HillN 355°140 m22.7 mi
Tappan HillN 354°127 m22.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 238°125 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel480 obs
  • Mallard326 obs
  • American Robin321 obs
  • Rock Pigeon297 obs
  • Canada Goose278 obs
  • Pond Slider267 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly265 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird252 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/264695281

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