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Graniteville Swamp Park

Graniteville Swamp Park from directly overhead

Graniteville Swamp Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Joseph Manna Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.62503, -74.17448
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Joseph Manna Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Corporate Park of Staten Island: 0.4 mi
  • The Big Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jennifer's Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Pondside Greene Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Park Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 5.2 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 12
  • Hawk Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Palisades: 10.7 mi
  • Palisades: 12.8 mi
  • Palisades: 16.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Graniteville Swamp Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 313°295.7 m22.7 mi
Mine MountainWNW 287°251 m23.5 mi
Sugar LoafWNW 299°229 m21.5 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 302°217 m20.7 mi
Mount KembleWNW 298°215 m20.6 mi
Blachleys HillWNW 295°204 m21.5 mi
Kinneys HillNW 306°180 m20.2 mi
Stony HillNNW 344°179 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/34158045

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