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Frederick Staats Circle

Frederick Staats Circle from directly overhead

Frederick Staats Circle is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Arrochar Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.59929, -74.07237

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Battery Ayres: 0.6 mi
  • Battery Richmond: 0.7 mi
  • Battery Barry: 0.7 mi
  • Battery Upton: 0.8 mi
  • Cannon: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • South Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Eyes: 1.9 mi
  • St. Anne: 2.2 mi
  • St. Anthony: 2.2 mi
  • Wingdale: 2.2 mi
Museums
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks: 52
  • Fox Hills: 1.1 mi
  • Park Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Todt Hill: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 35
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.0 mi
  • The Loch: 14.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNNW 329°179 m17.2 mi
Mayapple HillNW 317°175 m16.5 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 339°144 m24.6 mi
Riker HillNW 318°134 m19.7 mi
Long HillWNW 290°126 m20.4 mi
Todt HillW 272°125 m2.2 mi
Crawford HillSSW 203°120 m15.5 mi
Telegraph HillSSW 200°106 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

  • Porcelain Berry251 obs
  • Wild Turkey177 obs
  • common mugwort101 obs
  • smooth cliffbrake86 obs
  • Canada Goose72 obs
  • red deadnettle65 obs
  • common ivy65 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly64 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/35594810

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