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Sunken Meadow State Park

Sunken Meadow State Park from directly overhead

Sunken Meadow State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Huckleberry Hills stands 141 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Park Memorial Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90457, -73.25805

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kings Park Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Nissequogue River State Park: 1.3 mi
  • St. Joseph Field: 1.3 mi
  • Callahan's Beach Park: 1.5 mi
  • Callahan's Beach Park: 1.6 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
  • Kings Park Unique Area: 2.0 mi
  • Meadowlark Park: 2.5 mi
  • Arthur Kunz County Park: 2.6 mi
  • David Weld Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
  • Veterans Park Nature Study Area: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Wall of Wars: 2.6 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of America: 2.6 mi
  • Statue of Whisper the Bull: 4.0 mi
  • WW II Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Centerport Memorial: 5.8 mi
Artworks
  • Inferno: 2.6 mi
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 5.7 mi
  • Heron Statue: 6.1 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 6.3 mi
  • Umbilic Torus: 6.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 10.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Crucifix Garden: 11.2 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 22
  • Wolf 5: 5.0 mi
  • Wolf 3: 5.1 mi
  • Wolf 4: 5.1 mi
  • Wolf 2: 5.1 mi
  • Wolf 1: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 13
Lighthouses: 10
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 7.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Cascade: 24.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Sunken Meadow State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry HillsNNW 330°141 m22.8 mi
Canoe HillNNW 327°140 m21.4 mi
Hoyden HillN 357°134 m22.1 mi
Camfield HillNNW 346°123 m22.2 mi
Jayne's HillSW 235°122 m10.7 mi
Pavement HillN 356°120 m20.1 mi
Ferris HillNNW 328°120 m21.9 mi
Pine HillNNW 329°120 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4820:29
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1515:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 6 mi away.

  • Osprey106 obs
  • Great Egret90 obs
  • White-tailed Deer76 obs
  • Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab66 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab56 obs
  • Mallard53 obs
  • Long-tailed Duck49 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant49 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/315311702

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