Attraction · New York
Congo Gorilla Forest
Congo Gorilla Forest is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hornaday Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 7.0 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates40.84783, -73.88185
- 0.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 4.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 16.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Hornaday Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Garden of Happiness: 0.2 mi
- River Garden: 0.5 mi
- Drew Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Belmont Little Farmers: 0.6 mi
Parks
- Volky Flower Garden: 0.1 mi
- Mapes Ballfield: 0.2 mi
- Vidalia Park: 0.3 mi
- Mohegan Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Whalen Grove: 0.3 mi
Attractions
- African Wild Dogs: 0.1 mi
- Flamingos: 0.1 mi
- Carter Giraffe Building: 0.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
- Baboons: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
- New York Botanical Garden: 1.0 mi
- 9/11: 1.5 mi
- Ghost Bike: Michael Needham: 1.6 mi
- Westchester Square: 2.1 mi
- Broadway: 2.3 mi
Museums
- Steere Herbarium: 1.3 mi
- Poe Cottage: 1.4 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 2.0 mi
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 2.3 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 2.5 mi
Artworks
- Bruce Lee Mural: 1.5 mi
- Renaissance Youth Center: 1.7 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 2.1 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 2.6 mi
- Columnade: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Marble Hill: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 2.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 2.9 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.9 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 2.8 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 6.4 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 6.5 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 6.6 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.0 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.1 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.0 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.1 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.3 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 7.2 mi
- Street Seats: 7.6 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- The Backyard: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Coogan's Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 4.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.3 mi
- The Palisades: 7.3 mi
- Palisades: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Falls: 3.5 mi
- The Loch: 5.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Congo Gorilla Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 297° | 268 m | 18.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 298° | 260 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 296° | 230 m | 18.5 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 354° | 214 m | 19.0 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 11° | 211 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 350° | 208 m | 14.1 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNE 18° | 180 m | 18.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 263° | 179 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/284841311
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 4 mi
- Fort Lee · 5 mi
- Mount Vernon · 5 mi
- Englewood · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 6 mi
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