Alice Austen House and Park
Alice Austen House and Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Alice Austen House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Alice Austen House: 0.0 mi
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum: 0.6 mi
- Mont Sec House: 0.7 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 0.8 mi
- Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation: 1.6 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 0.1 mi
- South Beach: 2.0 mi
- Midland Beach: 3.1 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 4.1 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 4.6 mi
- Reinhard E. Kaltenmeier Playground: 0.3 mi
- John E. White Playground: 0.5 mi
- Nicholas de Matti Playground: 0.6 mi
- Arthur von Briesen Park: 0.6 mi
- Fort Wadsworth: 1.0 mi
- Rosebank Honor Rolll: 0.5 mi
- Battery Catlin: 0.7 mi
- Glacis Gun Battery: 0.7 mi
- Cannon: 0.9 mi
- Battery Duane: 0.9 mi
- Hill Street Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Tuscan Garden: 2.7 mi
- The Tuscan Garden: 2.7 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 0.9 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 2.1 mi
- Last Chance Pond Park: 2.8 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 2.9 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 3.0 mi
- Eyes: 1.1 mi
- South Beach: 1.8 mi
- Wingdale: 2.3 mi
- Anchor: 2.8 mi
- St. Anne: 2.9 mi
- The Gingerbread House: 1.6 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 2.4 mi
- Jurassic Park: 2.9 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 4.0 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 4.2 mi
- Fox Hills: 0.7 mi
- Park Hill: 0.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 1.3 mi
- Emerson Hill: 1.7 mi
- Todt Hill: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.7 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 9.5 mi
- Palisades: 8.9 mi
- Palisades: 10.9 mi
- Palisades: 13.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 15.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.0 mi
- The Loch: 13.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.1 mi
- North Tower: 15.7 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 15.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 11.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 11.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.6 mi
- Barber: 11.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 17.6 mi
- Raritan Landing: 22.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alice Austen House and Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 325° | 179 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 313° | 175 m | 16.1 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NNW 337° | 144 m | 23.7 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 315° | 134 m | 19.3 mi |
| Towackhow Mountain | NW 323° | 131 m | 24.7 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 286° | 126 m | 20.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 249° | 125 m | 2.9 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 203° | 120 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.
- Porcelain Berry219 obs
- smooth cliffbrake86 obs
- common mugwort85 obs
- Wild Turkey82 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly71 obs
- American Robin62 obs
- common ivy59 obs
- American Herring Gull53 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/34923118
Day trips start here
- Bayonne · 5 mi
- Staten Island · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 7 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 7 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 7 mi
- Downstate New York · 8 mi
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