Queens Village Veterans Plaza
Queens Village Veterans Plaza is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Father Reilly Square, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Father Reilly Square: 0.3 mi
- Pat Williams Playground: 0.5 mi
- Litchult Square: 0.5 mi
- Wayanda Park: 0.5 mi
- Hempstead Bench Spread: 0.6 mi
- In Memory of the Unborn: 0.4 mi
- David M. "Duke" Nugent: 1.2 mi
- Site of Home and SeedHouse: 1.6 mi
- America the Beautiful: 1.7 mi
- Tyson Building Historic Society Sign: 1.7 mi
- Jam Master Jay: 1.2 mi
- Reclaimed Habitat: 1.8 mi
- A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 2.2 mi
- Turtle Statue: 2.6 mi
- St. Paul of the Cross: 2.6 mi
- Greenstreets: 1.3 mi
- Hollis Hills Greenstreets: 1.5 mi
- Pollinator Place: 1.7 mi
- Cambria Heights Civic Association Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Windsor Oaks: 1.7 mi
- The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives: 1.7 mi
- King Manor Museum: 3.7 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 4.1 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 4.4 mi
- Garden City Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 3.4 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.2 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 6.3 mi
- Parsons Beach: 3.9 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 7.1 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.2 mi
- PWEA Beach: 7.3 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 8.3 mi
- Welcome Center: 4.4 mi
- JFK: 5.2 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.2 mi
- Circle Garden: 5.2 mi
- Unity Garden: 5.2 mi
- Queens High Point: 2.9 mi
- Harbor Hill: 7.5 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 8.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 9.8 mi
- Janes Hill: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area F: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area G: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area B: 5.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Palisades: 14.7 mi
- Palisades: 15.4 mi
- Palisades: 16.1 mi
- Palisades: 16.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.8 mi
- The Loch: 12.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.9 mi
- The Falls: 13.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.1 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Cuties Island: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Queens Village Veterans Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 336° | 208 m | 24.9 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 357° | 156 m | 24.2 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 349° | 140 m | 24.6 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 248° | 125 m | 21.5 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 67° | 122 m | 17.6 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 42° | 106 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 67° | 106 m | 17.3 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 71° | 92 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 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 | 16:31 |
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 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel337 obs
- eastern poison ivy293 obs
- American Robin269 obs
- American tuliptree228 obs
- American sweetgum211 obs
- garlic mustard207 obs
- sassafras192 obs
- common mugwort184 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/554056936
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Garden City · 5 mi
- Mineola · 5 mi
- Hempstead · 6 mi
- Manhasset · 6 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 6 mi
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