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Corlears Hook Park

Corlears Hook Park from directly overhead

Corlears Hook Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Vladeck Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.6 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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Coordinates40.71175, -73.97936
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vladeck Park: 0.1 mi
  • Pier 42: 0.2 mi
  • Henry M. Jackson Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Sidney Hillman Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Sol Lain Playground: 0.3 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 58
  • Grassy Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.6 mi
  • Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Palisades: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.5 mi
  • The Loch: 5.8 mi
  • The Falls: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 327°268 m21.2 mi
Beech MountainNW 326°260 m22.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m21.0 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m23.5 mi
Poacher PeakNW 325°185 m22.6 mi
Moon HillNW 325°180 m22.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 297°179 m15.5 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 285°175 m16.7 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 °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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon2,909 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,635 obs
  • House Sparrow1,578 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,547 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,188 obs
  • Monarch1,117 obs
  • Western Honey Bee983 obs
  • European Starling948 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/108235832

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