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Heisser Triangle

Heisser Triangle from directly overhead

Heisser Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.0 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69874, -73.91795

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 55
  • Laurel Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.5 mi
  • Willink Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Palisades: 8.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Loch: 7.0 mi
  • The Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 322°268 m23.8 mi
Beech MountainNW 321°260 m24.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 322°230 m23.6 mi
Mount NeboN 359°208 m24.2 mi
Moon HillNW 320°180 m25.0 mi
Stony HillWNW 295°179 m18.8 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 285°175 m20.1 mi
Packanack MountainNW 314°144 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly423 obs
  • tree-of-heaven375 obs
  • common mugwort298 obs
  • Rock Pigeon238 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee220 obs
  • princess tree202 obs
  • white snakeroot182 obs
  • Japanese knotweed153 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/1067240167

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