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Benigno Aquino Triangle

Benigno Aquino Triangle from directly overhead

Benigno Aquino Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hollis Veterans Square, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.1 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
22 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.71381, -73.77690
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 0.4 mi
  • Madonna: 0.5 mi
  • Wingdale: 0.6 mi
  • Jam Master Jay: 1.3 mi
  • Jamaica Center Station Riders: 1.4 mi
Gardens
  • Tree of Life Organic Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Cunningham Park Entrance: 1.2 mi
  • Cunningham Park Entrance: 1.2 mi
  • Discovery Community Garden 1: 1.5 mi
  • Discovery Community Garden 2: 1.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 2.5 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Circle Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Unity Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 3.6 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 8.2 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 8.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 53
  • Queens High Point: 4.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 6.5 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Janes Hill: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Picnic Area D: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.8 mi
  • Palisades: 13.0 mi
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
  • Palisades: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.8 mi
  • The Loch: 11.1 mi
  • The Falls: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 341°208 m24.4 mi
Kennelwood HillN 2°156 m24.4 mi
Beaver HillN 354°140 m24.6 mi
Todt HillWSW 246°125 m19.4 mi
Jayne's HillENE 69°122 m19.7 mi
Harbor HillNE 51°106 m9.3 mi
West HillsENE 68°106 m19.4 mi
Dix HillsENE 72°92 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel356 obs
  • American tuliptree201 obs
  • American sweetgum182 obs
  • eastern poison ivy178 obs
  • American Robin173 obs
  • Rock Pigeon170 obs
  • wild geranium161 obs
  • Canada Goose152 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1513856748

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