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Fort Washington Park

Fort Washington Park from directly overhead

Fort Washington Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 31 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabrini Boulevard, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
31 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85400, -73.94174

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
  • Bonnefont Cloister: 0.9 mi
  • Trie Cloister: 0.9 mi
  • Cuxa Cloister: 0.9 mi
  • The Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 0.9 mi
Beaches
Cliffs
Attractions
Picnic sites: 44
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 4.2 mi
  • The Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 301°268 m15.6 mi
Beech MountainWNW 301°260 m16.8 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 300°230 m15.5 mi
Campgaw MountainNW 316°224 m19.3 mi
Hook MountainN 4°214 m18.5 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 21°211 m19.0 mi
Mount NeboN 3°208 m13.5 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 300°185 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

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, 5 mi away.

  • common mugwort1,228 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,005 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly903 obs
  • northern spicebush700 obs
  • Italian arum629 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel557 obs
  • eastern poison ivy515 obs
  • Asian bittersweet488 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/105715154

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