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Christopher Park

Christopher Park from directly overhead

Christopher Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gay Liberation Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73359, -74.00231

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks
  • Kings Bluff: 2.4 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.3 mi
  • Palisades: 2.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 4.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.3 mi
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Christopher Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m19.3 mi
Turkey MountainNW 308°268 m24.5 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 309°263 m23.6 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m20.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m19.0 mi
LeGrande HillNNW 327°219 m24.5 mi
Mount NeboN 10°208 m22.1 mi
Poacher PeakNW 325°185 m20.7 mi

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 °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon4,008 obs
  • House Sparrow1,809 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,616 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,455 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,258 obs
  • European Starling1,063 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee994 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow988 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/30657456

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