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First Park

First Park from directly overhead

First Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is First Street Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72335, -73.98921

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.1 mi
  • Liz Christy Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.2 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.4 mi
  • Anarchy 99: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • Grassy Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.2 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Palisades: 5.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
  • The Loch: 5.2 mi
  • The Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 327°268 m20.3 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 309°263 m24.6 mi
Beech MountainNW 326°260 m21.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m20.0 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m22.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 325°185 m21.7 mi
Moon HillNW 325°180 m21.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 295°179 m14.6 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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,484 obs
  • House Sparrow1,868 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,776 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,582 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,306 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,180 obs
  • Monarch1,160 obs
  • European Starling1,136 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/324750157

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