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Nissequogue River State Park

Nissequogue River State Park from directly overhead

Nissequogue River State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Chestnut Hill stands 141 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrison Pond Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.89539, -73.23716

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harrison Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • San Remo Civic Association Park: 0.8 mi
  • San Remo Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • St. Joseph Field: 1.0 mi
  • Cy Donnelly Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • Inferno: 3.6 mi
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 4.7 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 5.0 mi
  • Umbilic Torus: 6.0 mi
  • Wolfie Statue: 6.1 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 11.0 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 12.2 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 22
  • Wolf 5: 4.1 mi
  • Wolf 3: 4.1 mi
  • Wolf 4: 4.2 mi
  • Wolf 2: 4.2 mi
  • Wolf 1: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 13
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 7.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Cascade: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Nissequogue River State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillN 0°141 m23.6 mi
Canoe HillNW 326°140 m22.6 mi
Hoyden HillN 354°134 m22.8 mi
Camfield HillNNW 344°123 m23.1 mi
Jayne's HillWSW 241°122 m11.3 mi
Pavement HillN 353°120 m20.8 mi
Ferris HillNNW 326°120 m23.0 mi
Pine HillNNW 328°120 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4720:29
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1515:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 7 mi away.

  • Osprey114 obs
  • White-tailed Deer103 obs
  • Great Egret98 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab80 obs
  • Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab68 obs
  • American Herring Gull63 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull57 obs
  • Mallard57 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/325228642

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