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Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza

Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza from directly overhead

Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza 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 Charging Bull, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70673, -74.01402
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Grassy Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Battle Hill: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.5 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.0 mi
  • The Loch: 6.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m20.6 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 313°263 m24.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 331°260 m21.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 332°230 m20.3 mi
Mount NeboN 11°208 m24.1 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 329°185 m21.9 mi
Moon HillNNW 330°180 m21.6 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m14.0 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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon1,917 obs
  • House Sparrow1,276 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,229 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,088 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,067 obs
  • Monarch1,064 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,009 obs
  • European Starling794 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/538080002

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