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Gladys Warren Triangle

Gladys Warren Triangle from directly overhead

Gladys Warren Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Kennelwood Hill stands 156 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Rock, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.8 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
18 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.70726, -73.76429
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Jam Master Jay: 0.6 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 1.1 mi
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 1.2 mi
  • Madonna: 1.2 mi
  • Wingdale: 1.3 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 3.3 mi
  • JFK: 3.9 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Circle Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Unity Garden: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Sun and Surf Beach Club: 8.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 50
  • Queens High Point: 4.2 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 7.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Janes Hill: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Picnic Area D: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Cliffs: 11
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Palisades: 13.8 mi
  • Palisades: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 14.8 mi
  • Palisades: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.3 mi
  • The Loch: 11.9 mi
  • The Falls: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennelwood HillN 1°156 m24.9 mi
Todt HillWSW 248°125 m19.8 mi
Jayne's HillENE 67°122 m19.2 mi
Harbor HillNE 46°106 m9.1 mi
West HillsENE 66°106 m18.9 mi
Dix HillsENE 70°92 m22.8 mi
Signal HillENE 70°90 m22.0 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 331°85 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American tuliptree191 obs
  • American sweetgum165 obs
  • wild geranium160 obs
  • eastern poison ivy154 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel134 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum123 obs
  • staghorn sumac123 obs
  • buttonbush120 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/338079299

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