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Flood Triangle

Flood Triangle from directly overhead

Flood Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Webster Memorial Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
20 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85830, -73.89091

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Bruce Lee Mural: 1.4 mi
  • Roberto Clemente: 1.6 mi
  • Coyote: 2.0 mi
  • Sidewalk Flowers: 2.0 mi
  • Renaissance Youth Center: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 3.4 mi
  • The Loch: 5.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Flood Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 296°268 m17.8 mi
Beech MountainWNW 296°260 m18.9 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 295°230 m17.7 mi
Hook MountainN 356°214 m18.2 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 13°211 m17.9 mi
Mount NeboN 352°208 m13.3 mi
Reynolds HillNNE 20°180 m18.2 mi
Moon HillWNW 295°180 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 3 mi away.

  • lesser celandine2,691 obs
  • common mugwort2,341 obs
  • white snakeroot1,964 obs
  • American Robin725 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel711 obs
  • American pokeweed631 obs
  • garlic mustard631 obs
  • northern spicebush556 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/897960168

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