Jayne's Hill
Jayne's Hill rises to 122 m in New York. Round Hill stands 172 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Mist Spring, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Jayne's Hill, also known as High Hill, West Hills, Oakley's Hill, and Janes Hill, is the highest point on Long Island, New York with an elevation of between 387 feet (118 m) and 400.9 feet (122.2 m) above sea level. It is situated on the Harbor Hill moraine, a terminal moraine that makes up the northern spine of Long Island, in West Hills County Park in Suffolk County, a little more than a mile to the north of Melville.
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Wikidata Q6167866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 122 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain Mist Spring: 0.3 mi
- Peace and Plenty Inn: 0.3 mi
- Nathaniel Whitman: 0.4 mi
- Site of Stone Fort: 0.4 mi
- West Hill School: 0.4 mi
- Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site: 0.7 mi
- West Hills County Park: 0.8 mi
- West Hills Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- South Huntington School District Softball Fields: 1.3 mi
- Elderwood Lane Park: 1.4 mi
- Paumanok Wetlands Preserve: 0.8 mi
- West Hills Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- West Rogues Wetlands: 1.9 mi
- West Rogues Wetlands: 1.9 mi
- Hawk Valley Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Organic Demonstration Site #1: 1.9 mi
- Rain Garden Planted August 2012: 2.9 mi
- The Sustainable Garden: 4.2 mi
- Garden of Hope: 4.2 mi
- Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Museum of American Armor: 2.9 mi
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration: 3.0 mi
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center: 3.3 mi
- Long Island Fair Exhibition Hall: 3.4 mi
- The Arsenal: 4.1 mi
- Dance of the Polypeptides: 3.7 mi
- Charles Darwin: 3.8 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Three Condors: 4.0 mi
- 9/11 Rescue Dog: 4.2 mi
- ATCG Tower: 3.8 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 6.8 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 6.9 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 10.3 mi
- Jamaica: 10.3 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 4.3 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 4.7 mi
- Gold Star Battalion Beach: 5.7 mi
- Huntington Beach: 6.2 mi
- Quail Hill Beach: 6.4 mi
- West Hills: 0.4 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 2.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.9 mi
- Half Hollow Hills: 3.5 mi
- Dix Hills: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 3.1 mi
- Lower Education Area: 5.7 mi
- Upper Education Area: 5.8 mi
- Birches: 9.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 7.7 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 9.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.6 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.9 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.3 mi
- The Falls: 22.3 mi
- Farms Falls: 23.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jayne's Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Hill | NNW 327° | 172 m | 23.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 315° | 156 m | 24.6 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 353° | 140 m | 24.4 mi |
| Ferris Hill | N 353° | 120 m | 24.8 mi |
| West Hills | W 280° | 106 m | 0.4 mi |
| Harbor Hill | W 264° | 106 m | 11.3 mi |
| Belden Hill | N 358° | 105 m | 24.6 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | N 351° | 102 m | 21.4 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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 974222 — High Hill, Suffolk County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357599229
Day trips start here
- South Oyster Bay · 6 mi
- Oyster Bay · 7 mi
- Bayville · 9 mi
- Nassau County · 10 mi
- Glen Cove · 11 mi
- Mineola · 12 mi
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