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Sparrow Park

Sparrow Park from directly overhead

Sparrow Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kay Porter Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73639, -73.08139

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kay Porter Park: 0.1 mi
  • Gillette Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Common Ground at Rotary Park: 0.1 mi
  • Florence B Evans Park: 0.2 mi
  • Meadow Croft Estate: 0.5 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens: 44
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Walled Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Longwood Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 14.2 mi
Museums: 40
Artworks: 28
  • Art Gallery: 3.8 mi
  • Long Island: 6.2 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 8.7 mi
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 12.4 mi
  • Wolfie Statue: 12.5 mi
Peaks: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Wolf 1: 10.0 mi
  • Wolf 2: 10.1 mi
  • Wolf 3: 10.1 mi
  • Wolf 4: 10.1 mi
  • Wolf 5: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 13.0 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 19.0 mi
  • Exit sign: 19.1 mi
  • boulder: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sparrow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW 287°122 m18.8 mi
West HillsWNW 287°106 m19.2 mi
Dix HillsWNW 292°92 m15.3 mi
Signal HillWNW 290°90 m16.0 mi
Bald HillENE 63°88 m21.8 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW 282°85 m20.1 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW 283°77 m15.6 mi
Rock HillENE 65°64 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2219:4620:28
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1415:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495868757567564638
Precip in3.54.64.43.83.53.74.65.84.43.63.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molloy Cercom, 1 mi away.

  • Mallard59 obs
  • Canada Goose38 obs
  • House Sparrow37 obs
  • Osprey35 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • Mute Swan30 obs
  • American Robin30 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull28 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357628601

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