Park · New York
Pond Park
Pond Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia Point, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.78044, -73.74102
- 7.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Virginia Point: 0.2 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 4.9 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 5.2 mi
Parks
- Udall's Cove Park: 0.3 mi
- Glenwood Landing: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Field Park: 0.4 mi
- Great Neck Estates Park: 0.5 mi
- Cutter Mill Park: 0.5 mi
Beaches
- Parsons Beach: 0.9 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 3.2 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.3 mi
- PWEA Beach: 3.4 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- Dog: 0.9 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.8 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 2.4 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 2.4 mi
- Mariner Monument: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
- John Riedl Wildflower Meadow: 1.4 mi
- General George Washington Tablet: 2.0 mi
- For A Better Union: 2.1 mi
- Manhasset Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Manhasset Gold Star Memorial: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Queens High Point: 1.9 mi
- Harbor Hill: 5.5 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 8.9 mi
- Janes Hill: 9.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 10.1 mi
Gardens
- Mitchel Wallace Triangle: 2.1 mi
- Cloverdale Gardens at Bayside: 2.2 mi
- Neily's Garden: 2.3 mi
- Amphitrite Pool: 2.4 mi
- Freddy's Garden: 2.5 mi
Museums
- American Merchant Marine Museum: 2.6 mi
- Maritime National Museum: 3.1 mi
- Science Museum of Long Island: 3.2 mi
- Sands-Willets Homestead: 4.0 mi
- Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society: 4.0 mi
Attractions
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 4.9 mi
- Circle Garden: 4.9 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 4.9 mi
- Pinetum: 4.9 mi
- Unity Garden: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 37
- Accessible Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- West Lindens: 9.2 mi
- North Maples: 9.2 mi
- Lindens B: 9.2 mi
- Lindens A: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Palisades: 13.0 mi
- Palisades: 13.2 mi
- Palisades: 14.7 mi
- The Palisades: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 5.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 6.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 14.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 15.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- The Falls: 9.1 mi
- The Loch: 11.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 14.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.4 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Pond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 332° | 208 m | 20.9 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 356° | 180 m | 22.5 mi |
| Round Hill | N 9° | 172 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 1° | 170 m | 22.1 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 357° | 156 m | 19.8 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | NNW 346° | 147 m | 22.0 mi |
| Beaver Hill | NNW 347° | 140 m | 20.3 mi |
| Hackley Hill | NNW 345° | 140 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 7 mi away.
- common milkweed331 obs
- common mugwort327 obs
- garlic mustard283 obs
- common reed276 obs
- Canada Goose223 obs
- lesser celandine212 obs
- Mute Swan195 obs
- Mallard195 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/666783484
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- Flower Hill · 4 mi
- North Hempstead · 4 mi
- Port Washington · 4 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 5 mi
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