Park · New York
Sunset Park
Sunset Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter Estates Village Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Port Washington Water Pollution Control District
How to reach it
Coordinates40.83291, -73.70027
- 9.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Beaches
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 0.1 mi
- PWEA Beach: 0.8 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 0.9 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 1.1 mi
- Sands Point Village Beach: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- Replica of Cow Bay working boat: 0.1 mi
- Manorhaven War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Manorhaven 9/11 Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Monfort Cemetery: 1.0 mi
- Alicia Patterson: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Port Washington Town Dock: 0.2 mi
- Robert H. Dayton Park: 0.2 mi
- Baxter Pond Park: 0.2 mi
- Blumenfeld Family Park: 0.3 mi
- Bay Walk Park: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Guggenheim Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Hempstead Harbor Natural Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 2.0 mi
- Garvies Point Preserve: 3.3 mi
Museums
- Thomas Dodge Homestead: 0.4 mi
- Thomas Dodge Homestead: 0.4 mi
- Polish American Museum: 0.6 mi
- Science Museum of Long Island: 1.2 mi
- Sands-Willets Homestead: 1.6 mi
Gardens
- Colonial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Freddy's Garden: 1.9 mi
- Bird and Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
- Greentree Walled Garden: 3.3 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.4 mi
Artworks
- St. Francis Statue: 2.5 mi
- Mariner Monument: 3.4 mi
- Shore Thing Rentals: 3.4 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 3.4 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 3.5 mi
Peaks
- Harbor Hill: 3.9 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.3 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 8.6 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.8 mi
- Vault Hill: 11.0 mi
Attractions
- Tillotson Steps: 8.0 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 8.7 mi
- Circle Garden: 8.7 mi
- Pinetum: 8.7 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 37
- Reserved Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
- Lindens B: 9.5 mi
- West Lindens: 9.5 mi
- Lindens A: 9.5 mi
- North Maples: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Cooper Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Palisades: 13.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 3.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 11.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- The Falls: 8.3 mi
- The Loch: 13.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 18.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 18.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.3 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Sunset Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | NNW 343° | 211 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NW 322° | 208 m | 19.0 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 349° | 180 m | 19.2 mi |
| Round Hill | N 4° | 172 m | 18.8 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 355° | 170 m | 18.6 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 349° | 156 m | 16.5 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | NNW 337° | 147 m | 19.3 mi |
| Beaver Hill | NNW 338° | 140 m | 17.5 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, 8 mi away.
- Osprey52 obs
- Atlantic Blue Crab47 obs
- Canada Goose45 obs
- Great Egret36 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant36 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab33 obs
- Asian Shore Crab29 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly29 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 way/613896724
Day trips start here
- North Hempstead · 1 mi
- Port Washington · 1 mi
- Flower Hill · 2 mi
- The Plandomes · 2 mi
- Manhasset · 3 mi
- Roslyn · 3 mi
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