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Plandome Pond Park

Plandome Pond Park from directly overhead

Plandome Pond Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Flower Hill Women's Club Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
19 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of North Hempstead
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.80241, -73.69565

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Flower Hill Women's Club Green: 0.1 mi
  • Flower Hill Women's Club Green: 0.1 mi
  • Nelson Olmsted Green: 0.1 mi
  • Nelson Olmsted Green: 0.1 mi
  • Stephen H. Mason Green: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Manhasset Park Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Plandome War Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Manhasset WWI Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Manhasset Gold Star Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Munsey Park Vietnam Memorial: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 1.3 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Queens High Point: 3.3 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 9.3 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 10.0 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.3 mi
Attractions
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 7.7 mi
  • Circle Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Pinetum: 7.7 mi
  • Unity Garden: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Lindens B: 7.9 mi
  • West Lindens: 7.9 mi
  • North Maples: 7.9 mi
  • Lindens A: 7.9 mi
  • Cedars: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 9.6 mi
  • The Loch: 13.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.6 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Plandome Pond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 344°211 m22.1 mi
Mount NeboNW 325°208 m20.9 mi
Reynolds HillN 350°180 m21.3 mi
Round HillN 3°172 m20.9 mi
Cooney HillN 355°170 m20.7 mi
Kennelwood HillN 350°156 m18.6 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 339°147 m21.3 mi
Beaver HillNNW 339°140 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin47 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
  • Mourning Dove35 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly34 obs
  • Blue Jay26 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail24 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage24 obs
  • lesser celandine22 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/601339819

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