Wantagh Park
Wantagh Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wantagh County Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 22 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wantagh County Park: 0.1 mi
- East Bay Park: 0.6 mi
- Cedar Creek County Park: 0.7 mi
- Cedar Creek Park: 0.8 mi
- Randy Lane Park: 1.0 mi
- Matt the Cyclist: 0.7 mi
- Wantagh Railroad Complex: 2.1 mi
- Bellmore Maintenance Facility: 2.7 mi
- T. Jones' Cabin: 2.8 mi
- Site of Stage Coach Stop: 3.0 mi
- Merokee Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 2.7 mi
- Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 2.8 mi
- Wantagh Woods: 2.9 mi
- Roosevelt Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Seaford Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Tackapausha Museum Library: 2.0 mi
- Tackapausha Museum: 2.0 mi
- Wantagh Museum: 2.1 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center: 4.6 mi
- Jamaica: 2.1 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 2.2 mi
- Nautical Mile: 3.8 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 5.2 mi
- JFK: 14.4 mi
- Alhambra Beach: 2.2 mi
- Jones Beach: 3.8 mi
- Tobay Beach: 5.2 mi
- Amityville Beach: 5.5 mi
- Copiague Beach: 6.1 mi
- Merrie Merrick: 2.7 mi
- Dwight David Eisenhower: 5.9 mi
- Trap: 6.4 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 6.4 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 6.5 mi
- Roosevelt Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site: 6.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 6.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.6 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 7.4 mi
- Sycamore: 6.1 mi
- Birches: 6.3 mi
- Black Pine: 6.4 mi
- South Maples: 6.5 mi
- Cedars: 6.5 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 10.6 mi
- Half Hollow Hills: 11.9 mi
- West Hills: 12.3 mi
- Harbor Hill: 12.3 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 12.3 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 20.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 20.2 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.7 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 21.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 23.8 mi
- The Falls: 23.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 24.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 24.1 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wantagh Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne's Hill | NNE 22° | 122 m | 12.3 mi |
| West Hills | NNE 20° | 106 m | 12.3 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNW 327° | 106 m | 12.3 mi |
| Dix Hills | NE 35° | 92 m | 14.3 mi |
| Signal Hill | NNE 33° | 90 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | NNE 16° | 85 m | 10.6 mi |
| Queens High Point | NW 305° | 79.2 m | 13.1 mi |
| Half Hollow Hills | NE 38° | 77 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 35 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wantagh Cedar Creek, under a mile away.
- Mallard105 obs
- Canada Goose84 obs
- Monk Parakeet76 obs
- American Robin71 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush69 obs
- buttonbush61 obs
- Northern Shoveler60 obs
- eastern poison ivy59 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/307132762
Day trips start here
- Merrick · 2 mi
- Hempstead · 7 mi
- Nassau County · 7 mi
- Rockville Centre · 7 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 8 mi
- Garden City · 9 mi
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