Proctor-Hopson Circle
Proctor-Hopson Circle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Brinkerhoff Mall, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.8 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1932-10-23
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 14.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Brinkerhoff Mall: 0.3 mi
- Detective Keith L Williams Park: 0.3 mi
- Jamaica Playground: 0.4 mi
- Ashmead Park: 0.4 mi
- Musicians' Oval: 0.5 mi
- Tree of Life Organic Garden: 0.3 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 1: 0.3 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 2: 0.4 mi
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Merrick-Marsden Neighbors Association, Inc.: 1.0 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 0.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.0 mi
- Liberty Rock: 1.1 mi
- Spanish American War: 1.1 mi
- Susan Reiner Menoscal: 1.4 mi
- Jamaica Center Station Riders: 0.8 mi
- Absent Monuments: 0.9 mi
- Wingdale: 1.0 mi
- St. Paul of the Cross: 1.1 mi
- Madonna: 1.1 mi
- King Manor Museum: 1.0 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 1.8 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 3.1 mi
- Queens Museum: 4.6 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 4.6 mi
- Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
- JFK: 3.1 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 3.7 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 4.2 mi
- Circle Garden: 4.2 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.7 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 5.3 mi
- Virginia Point: 6.0 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Parsons Beach: 5.4 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 7.1 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 7.8 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 7.9 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 8.3 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.4 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 6.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 7.5 mi
- Willink Hill: 9.6 mi
- Breeze Hill: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area F: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Area G: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Area B: 4.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Palisades: 13.2 mi
- Palisades: 13.3 mi
- Palisades: 13.8 mi
- Palisades: 15.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.0 mi
- The Loch: 11.3 mi
- The Falls: 13.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Proctor-Hopson Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | WSW 249° | 125 m | 18.5 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 67° | 122 m | 20.6 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 48° | 106 m | 10.4 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 66° | 106 m | 20.2 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 70° | 92 m | 24.1 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 69° | 90 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 336° | 85 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 68° | 85 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon176 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel121 obs
- Canada Goose83 obs
- Mallard77 obs
- common mugwort74 obs
- white snakeroot59 obs
- buttonbush46 obs
- House Sparrow45 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357640969
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 1 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 3 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 6 mi
- Garden City · 7 mi
- Queens · 7 mi
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