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Breininger Park

Breininger Park from directly overhead

Breininger Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Father Reilly Square, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
27 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.72593, -73.72896
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Greenstreets: 0.6 mi
  • Pollinator Place: 1.3 mi
  • Hollis Hills Greenstreets: 1.4 mi
  • Windsor Oaks: 1.5 mi
  • Winsor Oaks: 1.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 1.5 mi
  • Jam Master Jay: 1.8 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 2.2 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 2.8 mi
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 6.6 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 7.7 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Circle Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Unity Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 5.4 mi
Peaks: 55
  • Queens High Point: 2.3 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 8.9 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.2 mi
  • Palisades: 14.9 mi
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
  • Palisades: 16.0 mi
  • Palisades: 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 12.6 mi
  • The Loch: 13.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 335°208 m24.6 mi
Kennelwood HillN 356°156 m23.6 mi
Beaver HillNNW 348°140 m24.1 mi
Hackley HillNNW 345°140 m24.7 mi
Tappan HillNNW 345°127 m24.8 mi
Todt HillWSW 247°125 m22.0 mi
Jayne's HillENE 69°122 m17.0 mi
Harbor HillNE 43°106 m6.9 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 solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel359 obs
  • eastern poison ivy347 obs
  • American Robin315 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander296 obs
  • Spring Peeper281 obs
  • American sweetgum258 obs
  • American beech254 obs
  • garlic mustard248 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/991986578

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