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Federalist Triangle

Federalist Triangle from directly overhead

Federalist Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowbird Triangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.

Named for the American Revolution era patriot Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), and the Federalist movement of which he was a participant.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
16 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.72680, -73.90054
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Maspeth Plateau: 0.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Vista Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Summit Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Elmhurst Park Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Korean Square: 1.4 mi
  • Pullis Farm Cemetery Historical Landmark: 1.4 mi
  • 9/11 woodside firefighters memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Doughboy, WWI vets: 1.4 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Geographic Center of NYC: 1.1 mi
  • MV Schamonchi: 2.0 mi
  • Historical landmark from 1877: 2.8 mi
  • Education Center: 2.9 mi
  • Domestic Animals: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Hallet’s Cove: 3.5 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.9 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • Palisades: 7.4 mi
  • Palisades: 7.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.6 mi
  • The Loch: 5.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.8 mi
  • The Falls: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 317°268 m22.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 317°260 m24.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 317°230 m22.7 mi
Mount NeboN 356°208 m22.3 mi
Poacher PeakNW 316°185 m24.4 mi
Moon HillNW 316°180 m24.1 mi
Stony HillWNW 288°179 m18.9 mi
Mayapple HillW 279°175 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven479 obs
  • House Sparrow239 obs
  • Rock Pigeon237 obs
  • common mugwort218 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly203 obs
  • Mourning Dove165 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel157 obs
  • prickly lettuce154 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/378326872

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