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Captain Tilly Park

Captain Tilly Park from directly overhead

Captain Tilly Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spanish American War, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.6 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
32 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71227, -73.79837

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 1.8 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Unity Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 3.0 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 55
  • Queens High Point: 5.2 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 5.4 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Janes Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Willink Hill: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Area D: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.1 mi
  • Palisades: 12.1 mi
  • Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • Palisades: 13.0 mi
  • Palisades: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Binnen Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.7 mi
  • The Loch: 10.2 mi
  • The Falls: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 344°208 m24.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 287°179 m24.3 mi
Kennelwood HillN 5°156 m24.6 mi
Beaver HillN 356°140 m24.6 mi
Todt HillWSW 245°125 m18.3 mi
Jayne's HillENE 70°122 m20.8 mi
Harbor HillNE 54°106 m10.3 mi
West HillsENE 69°106 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

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.

  • Rock Pigeon279 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel267 obs
  • Canada Goose149 obs
  • common mugwort140 obs
  • House Sparrow129 obs
  • Mallard122 obs
  • American Robin120 obs
  • Pond Slider115 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/261891233

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