- Elevation, modelled
- 8 m
- Tallest summit within 24.4 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 24.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway6.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7363, -73.8550
Barrier Park is a park in New York, at a modelled 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Real Good Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.1 miles off.
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Barrier Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 312° | 268 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 311° | 230 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 350° | 208 m | 21.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 285° | 179 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 277° | 175 m | 22.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNE 12° | 156 m | 23.4 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 1° | 147 m | 24.4 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | WNW 304° | 144 m | 24.3 mi |
- 6.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 9.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 22.8 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Real Good Park: 0.1 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.3 mi
- Horace Harding Playground: 0.4 mi
- Annadale Playground: 0.4 mi
- Lewis Simeone Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
- Sparrow's Nest Community Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Corona Taxpayers Association: 0.5 mi
- America-Israel Friendship Grove: 0.9 mi
- Garden of Meditation: 0.9 mi
- Arthur Ashe Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- “The Ramp”: 0.6 mi
- Whale: 0.7 mi
- Llama: 0.7 mi
- Turtle: 0.7 mi
- African American Marbleization: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- Domestic Animals: 0.6 mi
- Education Center: 0.6 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 0.6 mi
- Domestic Animals: 0.6 mi
- Domestic Animals: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
- Observation Towers: 0.7 mi
- Unisphere: 0.9 mi
- Unisphere: 0.9 mi
- Unisphere: 0.9 mi
- Unisphere: 0.9 mi
Museums
- New York Hall of Science: 0.8 mi
- Queens Museum: 0.8 mi
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 2.0 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Maspeth Plateau: 2.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 6.0 mi
- Mount Morris: 6.6 mi
- Vista Rock: 6.7 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 4.8 mi
- Parsons Beach: 5.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 7.4 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 7.6 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.6 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 5.8 mi
- Virginia Point: 6.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 8.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.9 mi
- Palisades: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- The Loch: 6.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.0 mi
- The Falls: 10.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 22.9 mi
| 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).
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 2 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 2 mi
- Queens · 4 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 5 mi
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