The Great Lawn
The Great Lawn is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation September 11, 2000 Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation September 11, 2000 Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Garden Of Awareness: 0.1 mi
- SUNY Farmingdale: 0.2 mi
- Louis J Riso Jr Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Departed Members Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Pray Mantis: 0.2 mi
- The Ram: 0.3 mi
- 9/11 Rescue Dog: 0.4 mi
- St Kilian Statue: 1.4 mi
- Bearer of Peace: 2.3 mi
- The Mall: 0.2 mi
- The Ellipse: 0.3 mi
- Northside Park: 1.1 mi
- Emil Gerngras Park: 1.2 mi
- Barry Lane Park P-27: 1.2 mi
- Garden of Hope: 0.4 mi
- Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 0.4 mi
- The Sustainable Garden: 0.4 mi
- Complex III: 1.3 mi
- Garden of Pines: 1.3 mi
- American Airpower Museum: 1.3 mi
- Long Island Fair Exhibition Hall: 1.5 mi
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center: 1.6 mi
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration: 1.9 mi
- Museum of American Armor: 2.0 mi
- Pineridge Park: 1.9 mi
- West Hills Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Paumanok Wetlands Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.3 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.5 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 6.4 mi
- Jamaica: 6.4 mi
- ATCG Tower: 7.8 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 10.0 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 11.2 mi
- Amityville Beach: 6.7 mi
- Copiague Beach: 6.7 mi
- Alhambra Beach: 6.8 mi
- Venetian Shores Beach: 7.0 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.1 mi
- Birches: 7.5 mi
- Black Pine: 7.5 mi
- Sycamore: 7.7 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 3.6 mi
- Half Hollow Hills: 3.9 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 4.5 mi
- West Hills: 4.6 mi
- Signal Hill: 5.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 11.6 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 14.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 19.1 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 13.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 13.3 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 7.0 mi
- Cuties Island: 20.2 mi
- The Falls: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Great Lawn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | N 4° | 122 m | 4.5 mi |
| West Hills | N 359° | 106 m | 4.6 mi |
| Harbor Hill | WNW 287° | 106 m | 11.5 mi |
| Dix Hills | NE 41° | 92 m | 6.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | NE 35° | 90 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NNW 338° | 85 m | 3.6 mi |
| Queens High Point | W 272° | 79.2 m | 15.1 mi |
| Half Hollow Hills | NE 52° | 77 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmingdale Republic AP, 1 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee236 obs
- Monarch208 obs
- eastern white pine109 obs
- Western Honey Bee74 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly66 obs
- Huron Skipper61 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle58 obs
- Common Pill Woodlouse56 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/49332858
Day trips start here
- South Oyster Bay · 5 mi
- Nassau County · 8 mi
- Merrick · 9 mi
- Hempstead · 10 mi
- Oyster Bay · 10 mi
- Mineola · 11 mi
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