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Gowanus Greenway

Gowanus Greenway from directly overhead

Gowanus Greenway is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is John J. Carty Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.61389, -74.02722

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Narrows Botanical Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Hill Street Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • West 23rd Street Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Jardín los Colibríes: 3.1 mi
  • Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 3.3 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks: 50
  • Fox Hills: 2.6 mi
  • Park Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Signal Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Battle Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 44
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Loch: 13.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 320°179 m17.8 mi
Mayapple HillNW 309°175 m17.6 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 333°144 m24.6 mi
Riker HillNW 311°134 m20.7 mi
Long HillWNW 285°126 m22.3 mi
Todt HillWSW 259°125 m4.7 mi
Crawford HillSSW 209°120 m17.5 mi
Telegraph HillSSW 207°106 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
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, 3 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon278 obs
  • Mourning Dove162 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull154 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel143 obs
  • American Herring Gull140 obs
  • American Robin130 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly130 obs
  • House Sparrow111 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 node/357635482

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