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Empire Fulton Ferry

Empire Fulton Ferry from directly overhead

Empire Fulton Ferry is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carousel Bioswale, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70419, -73.99231

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
Beaches
Parks
  • Main Street: 0.1 mi
  • Brooklyn Bridge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Poplar Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Hillside Dog Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pier 1: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks: 58
  • Grassy Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Palisades: 4.8 mi
  • Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Palisades: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.2 mi
  • The Loch: 6.5 mi
  • The Falls: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m21.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m22.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m21.0 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m24.1 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 327°185 m22.7 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m22.4 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m15.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 287°175 m16.2 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, 5 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon2,349 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,553 obs
  • Monarch1,517 obs
  • House Sparrow1,503 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,456 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,386 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,357 obs
  • European Starling988 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/95163097

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