Peter A. Nelson Park
Peter A. Nelson Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 56 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Breezy Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Breezy Park: 0.4 mi
- Alfred Walker Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- South Huntington School District Softball Fields: 1.0 mi
- Columbia Street Park: 1.2 mi
- Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site: 1.7 mi
- Organic Demonstration Site #1: 0.5 mi
- Rain Garden Planted August 2012: 4.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Crucifix Garden: 5.3 mi
- The Sustainable Garden: 5.6 mi
- Froehlich Farms Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Paumanok Wetlands Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Hawk Valley Preserve: 0.8 mi
- West Rogues Wetlands: 0.9 mi
- West Rogues Wetlands: 0.9 mi
- Col. George Washington Brush: 0.7 mi
- West Hill School: 1.1 mi
- Peace and Plenty Inn: 1.2 mi
- Site of Stone Fort: 1.2 mi
- Nathaniel Whitman: 1.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Dance of the Polypeptides: 2.5 mi
- Charles Darwin: 2.5 mi
- Three Condors: 2.6 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bird Fountain: 4.6 mi
- ATCG Tower: 2.5 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 5.8 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 5.8 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 11.5 mi
- Jamaica: 11.5 mi
- Heckscher Museum of Art: 2.7 mi
- The Arsenal: 2.8 mi
- Fire House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Preservation Long Islannd: 2.8 mi
- The Whaling Museum & Education Center: 2.8 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 2.9 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 3.3 mi
- Gold Star Battalion Beach: 4.2 mi
- Quail Hill Beach: 4.9 mi
- Huntington Beach: 5.1 mi
- West Hills: 1.4 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 3.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 3.5 mi
- Dix Hills: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 3.3 mi
- Lower Education Area: 4.6 mi
- Upper Education Area: 4.7 mi
- Birches: 10.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 6.4 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 8.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 13.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 13.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.1 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.5 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 6.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.8 mi
- The Falls: 21.7 mi
- Farms Falls: 22.1 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peter A. Nelson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Hill | NW 326° | 172 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NW 319° | 170 m | 24.1 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 313° | 156 m | 23.4 mi |
| Huckleberry Hills | N 354° | 141 m | 24.6 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 354° | 140 m | 22.9 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | SSE 169° | 122 m | 1.5 mi |
| Ferris Hill | N 353° | 120 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 354° | 120 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 4 mi away.
- Japanese angelica tree43 obs
- garlic mustard31 obs
- wineberry29 obs
- American pokeweed23 obs
- American jumpseed23 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
- northern spicebush21 obs
- multiflora rose20 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/83557932
Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 6 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 7 mi
- Bayville · 8 mi
- Nassau County · 10 mi
- Glen Cove · 11 mi
- Mineola · 12 mi
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