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Gentoo Penguin

Gentoo Penguin from directly overhead

Gentoo Penguin is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Seal, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlife Conservation Society
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76833, -73.97146
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Gardens
  • Central Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Temperate Territory: 0.1 mi
  • Intelligence Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Olmsted Flower Bed: 0.1 mi
  • The Dene: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Poses Park: 0.4 mi
  • Trum Tower Public Atrium: 0.5 mi
  • 590 Madison Public Atrium: 0.5 mi
  • 30 Lincoln Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Paley Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 1.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.4 mi
  • The Falls: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Gentoo Penguin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 320°268 m18.3 mi
Beech MountainNW 319°260 m19.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 319°230 m18.1 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 329°224 m23.1 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m19.5 mi
Poacher PeakNW 318°185 m19.8 mi
Moon HillNW 318°180 m19.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 282°179 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1240900960

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