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Gorman Memorial Park

Gorman Memorial Park from directly overhead

Gorman Memorial Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 39 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gertie A. Gorman Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
39 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85579, -73.93247

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Riley-Levin Children's Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Trie Cloister: 0.6 mi
  • Bonnefont Cloister: 0.6 mi
  • Cuxa Cloister: 0.6 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 0.6 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 4.4 mi
  • The Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Gorman Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 300°268 m16.0 mi
Beech MountainWNW 300°260 m17.1 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 299°230 m15.9 mi
Hook MountainN 2°214 m18.3 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 20°211 m18.7 mi
Mount NeboN 1°208 m13.4 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 299°185 m17.6 mi
Moon HillWNW 299°180 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 mugwort1,237 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,015 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly729 obs
  • northern spicebush706 obs
  • Italian arum631 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel555 obs
  • eastern poison ivy524 obs
  • garlic mustard506 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/104077634

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