Defense Hill Park
Defense Hill Park is a park in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. Defense Hill Park is situated nearby to the military installation NY-25 Launch/Radar Command (DECOM), as well as near the athletics track BMX@Shoreham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wardenclyffe Tower and Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.
Wardenclyffe Tower
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wardenclyffe Tower, also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by Nikola Tesla on Long Island in 1901–1902, located in the village of Shoreham, New York. Wardenclyffe Tower is situated 1½ miles west of Defense Hill Park.
Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
Photo: meta nemegi - Paul Searing, CC BY 2.0.
The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant was a completed General Electric nuclear boiling water reactor located adjacent to Long Island Sound in East Shoreham, New York. Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant is situated 3,400 feet north of Defense Hill Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Shoreham and Wading River.
East Shoreham
Town
Photo: meta nemegi - Paul Searing, CC BY 2.0.
East Shoreham is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Suffolk County town of Brookhaven, New York, United States. The population was 6,841 at the 2020 census.
Wading River
Town
Photo: Team jib, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wading River is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 7,719.
Shoreham
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Shoreham is an incorporated village in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 561 at the 2020 census. It is officially known as the Incorporated Village of Shoreham. Shoreham is situated 2 miles west of Defense Hill Park.
Defense Hill Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.95034° or 40° 57′ 1″ northLongitude
-72.86793° or 72° 52′ 5″ westOpen location code
87G9X42J+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 976393870OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Defense Hill Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include NY-25 Launch/Radar Command (DECOM) and BMX@Shoreham.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Wildwood Substation and Robert S Reid Community Center.
Suffolk County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Huntington, Montauk, Southampton, and Stony Brook.
Curious Parks to Discover
Uncover intriguing parks from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.