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Commodore Barry Park

Commodore Barry Park from directly overhead

Commodore Barry Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxport Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69727, -73.97851

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 57
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 2.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.5 mi
  • The Loch: 6.8 mi
  • The Falls: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m22.1 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m23.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m21.8 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m24.5 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 326°185 m23.5 mi
Moon HillNNW 326°180 m23.1 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m16.0 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m17.0 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, 6 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon1,455 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,090 obs
  • Monarch1,012 obs
  • House Sparrow826 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee813 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel796 obs
  • princess tree606 obs
  • American Robin582 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/40709911

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