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Gerard P. Dugan Park

Gerard P. Dugan Park from directly overhead

Gerard P. Dugan Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Kills Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.56153, -74.11094

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Historic sites
  • World War I: 1.0 mi
  • Carriage Manufactory: 1.9 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.0 mi
  • First County Jail: 2.0 mi
  • Site of 1st County Courthouse: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
Artworks
  • Horseshoe Crab: 2.2 mi
  • St. Anne: 2.7 mi
  • St. Anthony: 2.7 mi
  • Vivid Chroma Locomotion: 3.1 mi
  • South Beach: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 51
  • Todt Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Fox Hills: 4.1 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Park Hill: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 32
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gerard P. Dugan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNNW 338°179 m18.6 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 328°175 m17.3 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 277°168 m23.2 mi
Riker HillNNW 327°134 m20.6 mi
Long HillWNW 299°126 m19.6 mi
Todt HillN 356°125 m2.7 mi
Crawford HillSSW 199°120 m12.4 mi
Telegraph HillSSW 196°106 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:5016:33

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, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage158 obs
  • Canada Goose110 obs
  • garlic mustard99 obs
  • American wintergreen86 obs
  • White-tailed Deer84 obs
  • common mugwort82 obs
  • American Herring Gull75 obs
  • Mallard73 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/35090444

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