Jayne's Hill

Jayne's Hill
Jayne's Hill with a plaque of Walt Whitman's "Paumanok" from Leaves of Grass in 2010
Highest point
Elevation400.9 ft (122.2 m)
Prominence400.9 ft (122.2 m)
ListingNew York County High Points 57th
Coordinates40°48′54″N 73°25′30″W / 40.81500°N 73.42500°W / 40.81500; -73.42500
Geography
Jayne's Hill is located in New York
Jayne's Hill
Jayne's Hill
Location of Jayne's Hill in New York State
LocationWest Hills, New York, U.S.
Parent rangeWheatley Hills
Topo mapUSGS Huntington
Climbing
Easiest routeroad and trail

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,[1] in West Hills County Park in Suffolk County, a little more than a mile to the north of Melville.