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Baisley Pond Park

Baisley Pond Park from directly overhead

Baisley Pond Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mother Carter Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Step-free access
Yes

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.67725, -73.78607
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
  • Frog: 0.1 mi
  • Frog: 0.1 mi
  • Frog: 0.1 mi
  • Frog: 0.1 mi
  • Frog: 0.1 mi
Parks
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 48
  • Queens High Point: 6.6 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 7.0 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Willink Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area D: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.9 mi
  • Palisades: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 14.2 mi
  • Palisades: 16.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.8 mi
  • The Loch: 12.2 mi
  • The Falls: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillWSW 253°125 m18.0 mi
Jayne's HillENE 63°122 m21.2 mi
Harbor HillNE 42°106 m11.4 mi
West HillsENE 62°106 m20.9 mi
Dix HillsENE 67°92 m24.6 mi
Signal HillENE 66°90 m23.8 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 338°85 m16.5 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 64°85 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
  • common mugwort46 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
  • Canada Goose35 obs
  • House Sparrow34 obs
  • Mourning Dove32 obs
  • Redhead32 obs
  • Rock Pigeon29 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/445676525

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