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Ahearn Park

Ahearn Park from directly overhead

Ahearn Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sol Lain Playground, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.5 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71479, -73.98353

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sol Lain Playground: 0.0 mi
  • Hillman Park: 0.1 mi
  • Montgomery Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
  • Luther Gulick Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Henry M. Jackson Playground: 0.1 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • Grassy Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Loch: 5.7 mi
  • The Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m20.9 mi
Beech MountainNNW 326°260 m22.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m20.7 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m23.3 mi
Poacher PeakNW 325°185 m22.3 mi
Moon HillNW 325°180 m22.0 mi
Stony HillWNW 296°179 m15.2 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 284°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 solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 5 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,218 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,850 obs
  • House Sparrow1,821 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,735 obs
  • Monarch1,363 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,333 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,271 obs
  • European Starling1,147 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/973521995

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