Park · New York
Fort Hill Park
Fort Hill Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Liotti-Ikefugi Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 52 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.64113, -74.08180
- 15.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 16.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.8 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Liotti-Ikefugi Playground: 0.2 mi
- Nicholas Lia Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Davis Playground: 0.2 mi
- Mahoney Playground: 0.3 mi
- Major Barrett Triangle: 0.3 mi
Museums
- Staten Island Museum and Institue of Arts and Sciences: 0.3 mi
- National Lighthouse Museum: 0.4 mi
- Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation: 0.9 mi
- Staten Island Children’s Museum: 1.1 mi
- Noble Maritime Collection: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
- Eric Garner Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Eric Garner/BLM Memorial: 0.4 mi
- The United States Merchant Marine: 0.5 mi
- Postcards: 0.5 mi
- Granito / Smith: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Jones Woods Park: 0.5 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 2.0 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 3.4 mi
- Todt Hill Woods: 3.6 mi
- Ingram Woods: 3.6 mi
Gardens
- Tuscan Garden: 1.0 mi
- The Tuscan Garden: 1.0 mi
- Lion's Sensory Garden: 1.1 mi
- Shade Garden: 1.1 mi
- Tropical Border: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- Eyes: 1.0 mi
- NEAKA: 1.1 mi
- Anchor: 1.1 mi
- Icon II: 1.1 mi
- Tear Drop Memorial: 1.7 mi
Peaks
- Signal Hill: 1.5 mi
- Park Hill: 1.6 mi
- Fox Hills: 1.8 mi
- Emerson Hill: 2.3 mi
- Todt Hill: 3.3 mi
Beaches
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 2.1 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 3.7 mi
- South Beach: 3.8 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.2 mi
- Midland Beach: 4.7 mi
Attractions
- The Gingerbread House: 2.4 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 3.4 mi
- Jurassic Park: 3.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 3.9 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Freedom Field: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.7 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.9 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 7.3 mi
- Palisades: 9.4 mi
- Palisades: 12.5 mi
- Hawk Hill: 13.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Fallkill Falls: 6.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.2 mi
- The Loch: 12.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 13.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 13.1 mi
- North Tower: 17.6 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 11.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 11.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.6 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 12.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 16.2 mi
- Raritan Landing: 21.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Fort Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 345° | 268 m | 23.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 343° | 260 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 345° | 230 m | 23.2 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | WNW 294° | 217 m | 24.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 342° | 185 m | 24.6 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | WNW 297° | 180 m | 23.8 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 342° | 180 m | 24.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 324° | 179 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly137 obs
- Porcelain Berry87 obs
- Western Honey Bee71 obs
- Pond Slider60 obs
- common mugwort58 obs
- Wild Turkey56 obs
- American Robin55 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle54 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/34988282
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- Brooklyn/Downtown · 6 mi
- Hudson County · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 6 mi
- Staten Island · 6 mi
- Downstate New York · 7 mi
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