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Fleetwood Triangle

Fleetwood Triangle from directly overhead

Fleetwood Triangle is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Painter's Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.0 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72265, -73.86726

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Pullis Farm Cemetery Historical Landmark: 0.4 mi
  • Elmhurst Park Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Captain Gerald McDonald: 1.1 mi
  • General Slocum Disaster Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Edward R Miller Square: 1.3 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 60
  • Maspeth Plateau: 1.7 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Janes Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Willink Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Vista Rock: 6.6 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 16
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Palisades: 9.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Binnen Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.9 mi
  • The Loch: 6.9 mi
  • The Falls: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 315°268 m24.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 314°230 m24.1 mi
Mount NeboN 352°208 m22.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 288°179 m20.6 mi
Mayapple HillW 279°175 m22.3 mi
Kennelwood HillNNE 13°156 m24.5 mi
Packanack MountainNW 306°144 m24.3 mi
Beaver HillN 5°140 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
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.

  • House Sparrow260 obs
  • American Robin247 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel247 obs
  • garlic mustard240 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly240 obs
  • Asian bittersweet233 obs
  • Rock Pigeon218 obs
  • Mourning Dove209 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/562599443

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