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Haffen Park

Haffen Park from directly overhead

Haffen Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tillotson Steps, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
15 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87377, -73.83950

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
  • Bruce Lee Mural: 1.4 mi
  • Farragut Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 2.2 mi
  • 242 St. station: 2.5 mi
  • Coyote: 3.2 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Falls: 1.0 mi
  • The Loch: 8.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Haffen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 290°268 m19.9 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 289°230 m19.8 mi
Sarles HillN 8°216 m19.2 mi
Hook MountainNNW 347°214 m17.6 mi
Buttermilk HillN 5°211 m16.4 mi
Mount NeboNNW 339°208 m12.9 mi
Reynolds HillNNE 13°180 m16.4 mi
Round HillNNE 29°172 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

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, 3 mi away.

  • common mugwort700 obs
  • lesser celandine217 obs
  • Porcelain Berry185 obs
  • garlic mustard170 obs
  • white snakeroot156 obs
  • purple-stem cliffbrake154 obs
  • American pokeweed130 obs
  • American jumpseed126 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/423895070

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