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Nehemiah Park

Nehemiah Park from directly overhead

Nehemiah Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Floyd Patterson Ballfields, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66237, -73.90543

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 48
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 9.1 mi
  • Palisades: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 11.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.9 mi
  • Palisades: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Binnen Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.5 mi
  • The Loch: 9.6 mi
  • The Falls: 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m20.5 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 291°175 m21.5 mi
Riker HillWNW 295°134 m24.3 mi
Todt HillWSW 249°125 m11.8 mi
Crawford HillSW 218°120 m23.8 mi
Harbor HillNE 56°106 m16.8 mi
Telegraph HillSW 217°106 m23.2 mi
Nook HillWNW 284°92 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly107 obs
  • Rock Pigeon71 obs
  • common mugwort68 obs
  • European Starling65 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel65 obs
  • Black Swallowtail57 obs
  • House Sparrow54 obs
  • Mourning Dove46 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/559496069

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