Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: New York
• Level 2: Nassau County
• Level 3: Town of Hempstead

Current local time in West Hempstead:

10:40 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

West Hempstead on map:^[1]

West Hempstead GPS coordinates^[2]

40° 42' 17.352" North, 73° 39' 0.468" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	41.23571°,	-74.35326°
Center:	40.70482°,	-73.65013°
Lower-right:	40.16966°,	-72.94701°
Map W x H:	118.5×118.5 km	= 73.6×73.6mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑38.4% North
West Hempstead:	40.70482°
min Lat:	⇓61.6% South 19.06759°

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min Long	West Hempstead	max Long
-171.73463°	-73.65013°	-66.98998°
W 92.4%⇐		⇒7.6% E

Elevation

Elevation of West Hempstead is 21 m = 69 ft, and this is 273.8 m = 898 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	87.8%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
West Hempstead	21 m = 69 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	12.2%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

West Hempstead is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1920 km =1193 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from West Hempstead
North Pole	5481.1	3405.8	to North
Arctic Circle	2875.2	1786.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	1920	1193	to South
Equator	4526	2812.3	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around West Hempstead: (largest is in red/bold)

• Floral Park 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 294°
• Franklin Square 2.2 km =1.4 mi, 277°
• Garden City 2.8 km =1.7 mi, 28°
• Garden City Park 4.2 km =2.6 mi, 345°
• Garden City South 1.2 km =0.7 mi, 312°
• Hempstead 2.7 km =1.7 mi, 86°
• Lakeview 2.2 km =1.4 mi, 185°
• Malverne 3.5 km =2.2 mi, 215°
• Mineola 5 km =3.1 mi, 9°
• New Hyde Park 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 316°
• North Valley Stream 4.9 km =3 mi, 243°
• South Floral Park 4.3 km =2.7 mi, 284°
• South Hempstead 4 km =2.5 mi, 132°
• Stewart Manor 3.6 km =2.2 mi, 296°
• Uniondale 4.8 km =3 mi, 95°