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Whitney Polo Field

Whitney Polo Field from directly overhead

Whitney Polo Field is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 47 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Manor Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
47 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.77361, -73.70028
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Manor Park: 0.7 mi
  • Chatham at North Hills Club: 0.8 mi
  • Whitney Pond Park: 0.9 mi
  • University Gardens Swimming & Tennis Club: 1.0 mi
  • Lake Success Village Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Freddy's Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Greenstreets: 3.0 mi
  • Pollinator Place: 3.0 mi
  • Clark Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 1.5 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 10.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 10.8 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.4 mi
Artworks
  • Dog: 2.5 mi
  • St. Francis Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Mackay Horse Tamer: 3.2 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 3.4 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.2 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 4.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 6.6 mi
  • Circle Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 6.8 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Unity Garden: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • West Lindens: 7.0 mi
  • North Maples: 7.0 mi
  • Lindens B: 7.0 mi
  • Lindens A: 7.0 mi
  • Cedars: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.8 mi
  • The Loch: 13.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Whitney Polo Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 328°208 m22.4 mi
Reynolds HillN 351°180 m23.2 mi
Round HillN 4°172 m22.9 mi
Cooney HillN 356°170 m22.7 mi
Kennelwood HillN 352°156 m20.5 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 341°147 m23.1 mi
Beaver HillNNW 342°140 m21.4 mi
Hackley HillNNW 340°140 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly57 obs
  • Mourning Dove45 obs
  • American Robin41 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel35 obs
  • House Sparrow34 obs
  • garlic mustard26 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird25 obs
  • Northern Cardinal23 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 node/357650859

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