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Wayanda Park

Wayanda Park from directly overhead

Wayanda Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Kennelwood Hill stands 156 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hempstead Bench Spread, a park 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
21 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.71074, -73.73876
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Jam Master Jay: 0.8 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 1.7 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 2.2 mi
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 2.4 mi
  • Madonna: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.7 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Harbor Isle Beach: 8.3 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 4.4 mi
  • JFK: 4.7 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Circle Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Unity Garden: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Queens High Point: 3.4 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 8.5 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Area D: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.5 mi
  • Palisades: 14.8 mi
  • Palisades: 15.3 mi
  • Palisades: 16.1 mi
  • Palisades: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.7 mi
  • The Loch: 12.9 mi
  • The Falls: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wayanda Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennelwood HillN 358°156 m24.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 249°125 m21.1 mi
Jayne's HillENE 66°122 m17.9 mi
Harbor HillNE 40°106 m8.0 mi
West HillsENE 65°106 m17.6 mi
Dix HillsENE 70°92 m21.4 mi
Signal HillENE 69°90 m20.7 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 326°85 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • staghorn sumac114 obs
  • eastern poison ivy108 obs
  • American tuliptree84 obs
  • shining sumac84 obs
  • American sweetgum83 obs
  • Spined Micrathena80 obs
  • Asian bittersweet78 obs
  • smooth sumac68 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/988862973

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