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Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park from directly overhead

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Brother Theodore Roosevelt, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1928

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87717, -73.53287

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Townsend Park: 0.2 mi
  • Raynham Hall Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Gerard Beekman Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.8 mi
  • Senator Ralph J. Marino Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 5.3 mi
  • West Hills: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 1.4 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 5.2 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.6 mi
  • The Loch: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 318°211 m21.7 mi
Reynolds HillNW 322°180 m20.0 mi
Round HillNNW 335°172 m17.3 mi
Cooney HillNW 326°170 m18.6 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 318°156 m17.6 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 8°141 m21.8 mi
Canoe HillN 8°140 m20.1 mi
Beaver HillNW 311°140 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

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, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage222 obs
  • yellow trout lily113 obs
  • marsh marigold95 obs
  • American tuliptree94 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush90 obs
  • green false hellebore88 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle86 obs
  • mountain laurel75 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/49940599

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