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Franklin Triangle

Franklin Triangle from directly overhead

Franklin Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is East 165th Street steps, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.82714, -73.90730

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Gardens
  • Franklin Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Genesis Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • El Coqui Liberation Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • La Isla Usa: 0.4 mi
  • Jardin de La Roca: 0.4 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Renaissance Youth Center: 0.2 mi
  • Coral: 1.6 mi
  • Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.9 mi
  • Roberto Clemente: 2.0 mi
  • Dream Machine Ⅱ: 2.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 3.5 mi
  • The Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Franklin Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 303°268 m18.1 mi
Beech MountainWNW 303°260 m19.3 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 302°230 m18.0 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 14°211 m20.2 mi
Mount NeboN 356°208 m15.4 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 302°185 m19.8 mi
Moon HillWNW 302°180 m19.5 mi
Stony HillW 267°179 m17.6 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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 3 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly294 obs
  • common mugwort211 obs
  • red deadnettle185 obs
  • tree-of-heaven167 obs
  • Rock Pigeon153 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel129 obs
  • American pokeweed129 obs
  • House Sparrow121 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/910494814

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