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Carroll Park

Carroll Park from directly overhead

Carroll Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Louis Valentino Jr., a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.68108, -73.99538
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
Parks
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 57
  • Slide Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Battle Hill: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.0 mi
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Palisades: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.0 mi
  • The Loch: 8.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m22.6 mi
Beech MountainNNW 331°260 m23.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 332°230 m22.4 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 330°185 m23.9 mi
Moon HillNNW 330°180 m23.6 mi
Stony HillNW 305°179 m15.8 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 293°175 m16.6 mi
Packanack MountainNW 323°144 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch1,455 obs
  • American Robin1,210 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,150 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,110 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,077 obs
  • House Sparrow1,052 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk983 obs
  • Rock Pigeon926 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/40416347

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