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Gateway Triangle

Gateway Triangle from directly overhead

Gateway Triangle is a garden in New York, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Apolline's Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
24 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68401, -73.96831

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.4 mi
  • Palisades: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.5 mi
  • The Loch: 7.7 mi
  • The Falls: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gateway Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m23.2 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m22.9 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 326°185 m24.5 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m24.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 302°179 m16.9 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 290°175 m17.8 mi
Packanack MountainNW 320°144 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin1,634 obs
  • Pond Slider1,237 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,210 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,146 obs
  • House Sparrow1,137 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,125 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee952 obs
  • Mourning Dove943 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/130503681

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