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Parque de Tranquilidad

Parque de Tranquilidad from directly overhead

Parque de Tranquilidad is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is All People's Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.0 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1979

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72183, -73.97965

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Zohramp: 0.4 mi
  • Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.5 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.5 mi
  • Anarchy 99: 0.5 mi
  • Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.7 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 58
  • Laurel Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.2 mi
  • The Loch: 5.1 mi
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 326°268 m20.6 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m20.4 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m22.8 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m22.0 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m21.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 294°179 m15.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 282°175 m16.5 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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,155 obs
  • House Sparrow1,696 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,609 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,385 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,125 obs
  • Monarch1,032 obs
  • European Starling1,018 obs
  • Western Honey Bee969 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/313997047

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