- Elevation, modelled
- 10 m
- Tallest summit within 24.4 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 23.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway6.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7344, -73.8831
Grand Slope is a park in New York, at a modelled 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Elmhurst Park Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.2 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Grand Slope. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 315° | 268 m | 23.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 314° | 260 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 314° | 230 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 354° | 208 m | 21.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 313° | 180 m | 24.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 286° | 179 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 277° | 175 m | 21.4 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNE 16° | 156 m | 23.9 mi |
- 6.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 9.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 23.5 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
Parks
- Elmhurst Park: 0.3 mi
- Crowley Playground: 0.4 mi
- Long Island Mews: 0.4 mi
- Libra Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Moore Homestead Playground: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Little Thailand: 0.7 mi
- Once Upon a Time/ Paper Jungle: 0.8 mi
- Shotgun Home (America): 0.8 mi
- The Healer’s Touch: 0.8 mi
- Waking Blind: 0.8 mi
Gardens
- Rusty Wheelbarrow Farm: 0.7 mi
- New Roots Community Garden Queens: 0.9 mi
- New Roots Community Garden Queens: 0.9 mi
- Corona Taxpayers Association: 1.3 mi
- Sparrow's Nest Community Gardens: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Maspeth Plateau: 0.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.1 mi
- Vista Rock: 5.5 mi
- Janes Hill: 5.5 mi
- Summit Rock: 5.7 mi
Attractions
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 1.4 mi
- Education Center: 1.8 mi
- Domestic Animals: 1.8 mi
- Domestic Animals: 1.8 mi
- Domestic Animals: 1.9 mi
Museums
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 1.8 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 1.9 mi
- Queens Museum: 2.1 mi
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 2.6 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.7 mi
- Pebble Beach: 6.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 6.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Parsons Beach: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.7 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 5.9 mi
- Bird Island: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 5.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.5 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Palisades: 7.6 mi
- Palisades: 7.6 mi
- Palisades: 8.4 mi
- Palisades: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Loch: 5.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.8 mi
- The Falls: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 24.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Queens · 3 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 3 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 3 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 4 mi
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