Cavanaugh Triangle
Cavanaugh Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Angelo Campanaro Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 5.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Angelo Campanaro Park: 0.0 mi
- Lynch Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Haffen Park: 0.4 mi
- Burns Playground: 0.5 mi
- Eastchester Playground: 0.6 mi
- Tillotson Steps: 0.7 mi
- World of Birds: 2.1 mi
- Monkey House: 2.2 mi
- Madagascar!: 2.2 mi
- Parking: 2.2 mi
- 9/11: 1.0 mi
- Ghost Bike: Michael Needham: 1.1 mi
- Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Westchester Square: 1.9 mi
- New York Botanical Garden: 1.9 mi
- Bruce Lee Mural: 1.2 mi
- Farragut Monument: 2.1 mi
- Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 2.4 mi
- 242 St. station: 2.7 mi
- Coyote: 3.2 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 1.3 mi
- Edible Academy: 1.7 mi
- Rockefeller Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.9 mi
- Ornamental Conifers: 1.9 mi
- Steere Herbarium: 1.9 mi
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: 1.9 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 2.1 mi
- Poe Cottage: 2.7 mi
- Glyndor Gallery: 4.2 mi
- Glen Island: 3.3 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.4 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 4.7 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 4.7 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 4.7 mi
- Vault Hill: 3.3 mi
- Marble Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bronx High Point: 3.8 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 4.0 mi
- Tetards Hill: 4.1 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.8 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 4.1 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 4.1 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 4.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.0 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.8 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Street Seats: 9.9 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 11.1 mi
- Palisades: 5.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.6 mi
- The Palisades: 7.0 mi
- Palisades: 7.9 mi
- Palisades: 8.8 mi
- The Falls: 1.4 mi
- The Loch: 8.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 15.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 15.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 15.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 5.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 5.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 18.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.7 mi
- Cuties Island: 20.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Cavanaugh Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 291° | 268 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 290° | 230 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sarles Hill | N 8° | 216 m | 19.6 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNW 347° | 214 m | 17.9 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | N 6° | 211 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 341° | 208 m | 13.3 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNE 13° | 180 m | 16.9 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 28° | 172 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 2 mi away.
- common mugwort2,000 obs
- lesser celandine1,935 obs
- white snakeroot1,251 obs
- northern spicebush455 obs
- American pokeweed386 obs
- garlic mustard354 obs
- Porcelain Berry316 obs
- American jumpseed294 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/986655298
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Mount Vernon · 3 mi
- Pelham · 3 mi
- Bronxville · 5 mi
- New Rochelle · 5 mi
- Yonkers · 5 mi
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