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Brierley Park

Brierley Park from directly overhead

Brierley Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost and Found: An Excavation Project, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71792, -73.61971

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Hon. Harold M. Mason Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rainbow Park: 0.6 mi
  • Denton Green Park: 0.6 mi
  • Grove Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mirschel Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Nautical Mile: 6.1 mi
  • Jamaica: 6.3 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 6.3 mi
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 9.0 mi
  • JFK: 9.9 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Harbor Isle Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Harry Tappen Beach: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 42
Picnic sites: 36
  • North Maples: 2.3 mi
  • West Lindens: 2.3 mi
  • South Maples: 2.3 mi
  • Lindens B: 2.3 mi
  • Cedars: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 18.6 mi
  • The Loch: 18.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillENE 56°122 m12.2 mi
Harbor HillN 350°106 m5.7 mi
West HillsNE 55°106 m11.9 mi
Dix HillsENE 64°92 m15.5 mi
Signal HillENE 62°90 m14.8 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 57°85 m10.2 mi
Bronx High PointNW 310°85 m19.4 mi
Manhattan High PointWNW 299°81 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
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, 1 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail58 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
  • Mourning Dove43 obs
  • American Robin42 obs
  • Italian Wall Lizard38 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly34 obs
  • common mugwort33 obs
  • black cherry29 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/331689429

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