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North Hempsted Beach Park

North Hempsted Beach Park from directly overhead

North Hempsted Beach Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hempstead Harbor Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off.

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Coordinates40.82963, -73.65714

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hempstead Harbor Park: 0.0 mi
  • Bar Beach Town Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sandminers Monument Park: 0.4 mi
  • Glenwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Harry Tappen Beach, Pool & Marina: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Harry Tappen Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Sea Cliff Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Sands Point Village Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Colonial Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Dr. James N. Trousdell and Dr. Marjorie R. Allen Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Bird and Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Windward Garden: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Queens High Point: 5.9 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.3 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 9.0 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 39
  • Lindens B: 8.0 mi
  • West Lindens: 8.0 mi
  • Lindens A: 8.0 mi
  • North Maples: 8.0 mi
  • Cedars: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.4 mi
  • The Loch: 16.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of North Hempsted Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 338°211 m21.0 mi
Mount NeboNW 317°208 m20.7 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 343°180 m19.9 mi
Round HillN 357°172 m19.0 mi
Cooney HillNNW 348°170 m19.2 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 342°156 m17.2 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 331°147 m20.4 mi
Beaver HillNNW 332°140 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab42 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly34 obs
  • garlic mustard28 obs
  • lesser celandine26 obs
  • common mugwort25 obs
  • Norway maple21 obs
  • Mourning Dove18 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/515919332

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