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Gwirtzman Triangle

Gwirtzman Triangle from directly overhead

Gwirtzman Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacob Riis Park Beach 1, a beach 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
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Coordinates40.57556, -73.86278
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 1: 0.6 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 2: 0.6 mi
  • Rockaway Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 3: 0.7 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 4: 0.8 mi
Parks
  • Patricia A Brackley Park: 1.0 mi
  • Beach Channel Park: 1.2 mi
  • Tribute Park: 1.3 mi
  • Flight 587 Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Beach 108th Street Esplanade: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks: 42
Picnic sites: 27
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 8.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • The Loch: 16.0 mi
  • The Falls: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Palisades: 15.0 mi
  • Palisades: 15.8 mi
  • Palisades: 17.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 18.2 mi
  • Palisades: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 277°125 m13.3 mi
Crawford HillSW 233°120 m21.2 mi
Harbor HillNE 37°106 m19.4 mi
Telegraph HillSW 233°106 m20.5 mi
Bronx High PointN 355°85 m22.4 mi
Beacon HillSW 234°82 m23.5 mi
Manhattan High PointNNW 348°81 m19.6 mi
Queens High PointNNE 31°79.2 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4916:32

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Oystercatcher264 obs
  • Asian bittersweet209 obs
  • woolly beachheather142 obs
  • Brant134 obs
  • Laughing Gull128 obs
  • American Herring Gull120 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab111 obs
  • low pricklypear100 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357640393

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