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Haggerty Park

Haggerty Park from directly overhead

Haggerty Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is David M. "Duke" Nugent, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.7 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
19 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.71307, -73.75803
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Jam Master Jay: 0.5 mi
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 1.4 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 1.4 mi
  • Madonna: 1.5 mi
  • Wingdale: 1.6 mi
Parks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 3.4 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Circle Garden: 4.4 mi
  • JFK: 4.4 mi
  • Unity Garden: 4.4 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.9 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Sun and Surf Beach Club: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
  • Queens High Point: 3.7 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 7.5 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Janes Hill: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Area D: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 4.9 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Cliffs: 12
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Palisades: 13.9 mi
  • Palisades: 14.3 mi
  • Palisades: 15.1 mi
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.7 mi
  • The Loch: 12.0 mi
  • The Falls: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 339°208 m24.8 mi
Kennelwood HillN 0°156 m24.5 mi
Beaver HillN 352°140 m24.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 248°125 m20.3 mi
Jayne's HillENE 68°122 m18.8 mi
Harbor HillNE 46°106 m8.6 mi
West HillsENE 67°106 m18.5 mi
Dix HillsENE 71°92 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel291 obs
  • eastern poison ivy195 obs
  • American tuliptree192 obs
  • wild geranium163 obs
  • American sweetgum149 obs
  • Blue Jay145 obs
  • sassafras144 obs
  • American Robin138 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/338078742

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