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Grant Gore Triangle

Grant Gore Triangle from directly overhead

Grant Gore Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ulysses S Grant, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
26 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67653, -73.95279

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • Walt L. Shamil Community Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Mama Dee's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Westbrook Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
  • 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • United Herkimer Garden Club: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.4 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 50
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.6 mi
  • Palisades: 7.4 mi
  • Palisades: 9.4 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.8 mi
  • Palisades: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.4 mi
  • The Loch: 8.2 mi
  • The Falls: 15.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m24.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m23.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 302°179 m17.9 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 291°175 m18.8 mi
Packanack MountainNW 319°144 m23.2 mi
Riker HillWNW 295°134 m21.6 mi
Todt HillWSW 238°125 m10.0 mi
Crawford HillSSW 212°120 m23.2 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 solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin1,754 obs
  • Pond Slider1,456 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,203 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,201 obs
  • House Sparrow1,125 obs
  • Mallard1,057 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly967 obs
  • Mourning Dove939 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/497141981

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