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Elmwood Park

Elmwood Park from directly overhead

Elmwood Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Onondaga Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
145 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.01778, -76.16730
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Onondaga Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lower Onondaga Park: 0.8 mi
  • McKinley Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kirk Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wadsworth Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 41
Historic sites: 34
  • Pyramid Grave: 1.7 mi
  • Spanish War Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Rock of the Marne Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Berlin Wall panel: 2.1 mi
  • Korea-Vietnam Veteran's Monument: 2.1 mi
Museums: 34
Artworks: 16
  • Mountain Goat: 0.6 mi
  • Ernie Davis: 2.1 mi
  • Lincoln Statue: 2.1 mi
  • Saltine Warrior: 2.1 mi
  • Job: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Marcellus Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Brickyard Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Edwards Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Pratts Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 9
Beaches: 7
  • Jamesville Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Green Lakes Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Valentine's Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Oneida Shores: 14.6 mi
  • Glenwood Beach: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Galster Pavilion: 6.3 mi
  • Cedar Bay Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Willow Bay: 7.7 mi
  • Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Dorwin Springs: 2.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Preble: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Elmwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillSSE 151°618 m18.3 mi
Truxton HillSSE 165°616 m18.6 mi
Fellows HillSSE 153°611 m16.1 mi
Hunt HillSE 134°611 m23.2 mi
Labrador HillSSE 162°606 m17.5 mi
Ripley HillSSW 193°604 m16.1 mi
Kinney HillSE 129°599 m21.0 mi
Jones HillSSE 158°598 m16.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:2620:0520:48
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3415:4716:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867727063514130
Precip in2.62.53.03.53.43.63.93.73.43.93.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander462 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel206 obs
  • Common Shiny Woodlouse156 obs
  • ribwort plantain147 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle132 obs
  • Groundhog129 obs
  • box elder120 obs
  • White-tailed Deer118 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/108253321

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