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Heffernan Triangle

Heffernan Triangle from directly overhead

Heffernan Triangle is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bees for Sunset Park, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 14 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64599, -73.99478

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 1.0 mi
  • Hammerhead Peninsula: 1.4 mi
  • Drummer's Grove: 1.8 mi
  • Camperdown Elm: 1.8 mi
  • Tufted Deer: 2.0 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Palisades: 11.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.2 mi
  • Palisades: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.8 mi
  • The Loch: 10.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 17.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 335°268 m24.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 334°230 m24.5 mi
Stony HillNW 311°179 m17.4 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 300°175 m17.7 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 327°144 m23.5 mi
Riker HillWNW 303°134 m20.7 mi
Long HillW 279°126 m23.5 mi
Todt HillWSW 243°125 m7.0 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 solstice07:1715:4916:33

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, 4 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk1,439 obs
  • Pond Slider1,301 obs
  • American Robin1,150 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,114 obs
  • Mallard1,082 obs
  • Canada Goose1,073 obs
  • American Kestrel1,054 obs
  • Monarch952 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/315748982

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