Park · New York
Derosa-O'Boyle Triangle
Derosa-O'Boyle Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Shamrock, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.82250, -73.81896
- 2.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Shamrock: 0.2 mi
- Dolphin: 2.4 mi
- Poppenhusen: 2.8 mi
- War Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Wilhelm Tell: 3.0 mi
Parks
- Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Bruckner Playground: 0.6 mi
- Green Grass: 0.8 mi
- Will Cintron Soccer Fields: 0.9 mi
- Locust Point Marina: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- Garden in the Park: 0.3 mi
- Strawberry Field: 1.2 mi
- Havemeyer Garden Association Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Waterfront Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Manor Avenue Seniors Garden: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Westchester Square: 1.8 mi
- Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- World War 2: 2.9 mi
- Glover's Rock: 3.0 mi
- 5 Inch Deck Gun: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 1.9 mi
- Virginia Point: 5.0 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 5.5 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 5.8 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 6.5 mi
Museums
- Maritime National Museum: 1.9 mi
- American Merchant Marine Museum: 3.0 mi
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: 3.5 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 3.9 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 4.0 mi
Attractions
- Jungle World: 3.4 mi
- Nature Trek: 3.5 mi
- Lions: 3.5 mi
- World of Darkness: 3.5 mi
- Dholes: 3.6 mi
Beaches
- Glen Island: 4.6 mi
- Parsons Beach: 4.9 mi
- PWEA Beach: 5.9 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 6.0 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 6.0 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 4.9 mi
- Marble Hill: 6.1 mi
- Vault Hill: 6.5 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 6.5 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.6 mi
- Street Seats: 8.4 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 10.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- The Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- The Falls: 4.7 mi
- The Loch: 7.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 5.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Derosa-O'Boyle Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | N 1° | 211 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 340° | 208 m | 16.6 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 8° | 180 m | 19.7 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 21° | 172 m | 20.9 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 13° | 170 m | 19.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 11° | 156 m | 17.2 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 356° | 147 m | 18.5 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 358° | 140 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 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 mugwort2,307 obs
- groundsel tree136 obs
- common reed84 obs
- ribwort plantain51 obs
- Saltmarsh Cordgrass46 obs
- tree-of-heaven45 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
- red deadnettle41 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/994178284
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