Park · New York
Barclay Triangle
Barclay Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 21 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.76139, -73.86705
- 4.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 8.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden: 0.2 mi
- 97th Street Block Association Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Malcolm X Day Care Center: 0.5 mi
- Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden: 1.4 mi
- Arthur Ashe Sculpture Garden: 1.4 mi
Parks
- Trolley Car Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Helen Marshall Playground: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Junction Playground: 0.5 mi
- Northern Playground: 0.5 mi
Museums
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 0.6 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 1.3 mi
- Queens Museum: 1.5 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 2.0 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
- Gorman Playground Plaque: 0.9 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Home Plate 1964-2008: 1.1 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Third Base 1964-2008: 1.1 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Pitcher's Plate 1964-2008: 1.1 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium First Base 1964-2008: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- Queens: 1.2 mi
- Home Run Apple: 1.2 mi
- Tom Seaver: 1.2 mi
- Forms in Transit: 1.2 mi
- Flight: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Rocket Park: 1.2 mi
- Owl: 1.4 mi
- Aviary: 1.4 mi
- Canadian Lynx: 1.4 mi
- Roosevelt Elk: 1.4 mi
Peaks
- Maspeth Plateau: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mount Morris: 5.0 mi
- Great Hill: 5.4 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.6 mi
- Parsons Beach: 6.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 7.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Hazard Beach: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Virginia Point: 6.5 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 5.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Palisades: 7.3 mi
- Palisades: 8.1 mi
- Palisades: 9.3 mi
- Palisades: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Loch: 5.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.8 mi
- The Falls: 8.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Barclay Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 310° | 268 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 309° | 230 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 351° | 208 m | 20.1 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 280° | 179 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 272° | 175 m | 22.1 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNE 15° | 156 m | 21.9 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 3° | 147 m | 22.7 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | WNW 301° | 144 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 1 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven509 obs
- Rock Pigeon212 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel156 obs
- House Sparrow152 obs
- marsh elder152 obs
- common mugwort128 obs
- American Robin119 obs
- European Starling112 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/351276055
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- Queens/Jackson Heights · 1 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 2 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 4 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 4 mi
- Bronx · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 5 mi
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