Park · New York
Central Park
Central Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Seneca Village, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1858
What to expect
- Operated by
- Central Park Conservancy
- Access
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates40.78391, -73.96472
- 4.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 5.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Seneca Village: 0.2 mi
- Temple of Dendur: 0.3 mi
- Cleopatra's Needle: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Gao Yaojie Memorial Bench: 0.3 mi
- Whisper Bench: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- Alexander Hamilton: 0.2 mi
- John Purroy Mitchel: 0.3 mi
- The Tempest: 0.3 mi
- Romeo and Juliet: 0.3 mi
- King Jagiello Monument: 0.4 mi
Peaks
- Summit Rock: 0.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 0.4 mi
- Great Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.8 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.2 mi
Museums
- Neue Galerie New York: 0.3 mi
- Guggenheim Museum: 0.3 mi
- Institute for the Study of the Ancient World: 0.4 mi
- Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: 0.4 mi
- Henry Luce Nature Observatory: 0.4 mi
Parks
- West 87th Street Garden: 0.4 mi
- Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground: 0.4 mi
- Sol Bloom Playground: 0.5 mi
- Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX: 0.5 mi
- St. Gregory's Playground: 0.5 mi
Gardens
- Shakespeare Garden: 0.4 mi
- West Side Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers Garden: 0.6 mi
- Maggie's Magic Garden: 0.9 mi
- Lotus Garden: 0.9 mi
Attractions
- Bow Bridge: 0.7 mi
- Archibald’s Townhouse: 0.7 mi
- Bethesda Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 0.8 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.7 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 6.0 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.8 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.8 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.9 mi
- Street Seats: 2.5 mi
- The Backyard: 6.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Palisades: 2.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Loch: 0.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.5 mi
- The Falls: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 22.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Feltville Historic District: 23.2 mi
- Barber: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 317° | 268 m | 17.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 316° | 260 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 316° | 230 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 6° | 208 m | 18.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 315° | 185 m | 19.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 315° | 180 m | 19.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 278° | 179 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 268° | 175 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.
- white snakeroot10,698 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel4,853 obs
- Rock Pigeon4,699 obs
- American Robin4,403 obs
- common milkweed3,888 obs
- House Sparrow3,780 obs
- tree-of-heaven3,017 obs
- Pond Slider2,850 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000538OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/427818536
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