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Ida Court Park

Ida Court Park from directly overhead

Ida Court Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Sugar Loaf stands 229 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Arbutus Creek Bluebelt, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
25 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.53837, -74.18713
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Arbutus Creek Bluebelt: 0.2 mi
  • Carlton Park: 0.9 mi
  • Laredo Avenue Parcel: 1.0 mi
  • Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 1.1 mi
  • Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 1.2 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
  • Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 2.0 mi
  • Heyerdahl Ruins: 4.0 mi
  • Buck’s Hollow: 4.1 mi
  • The South Pole: 4.3 mi
  • New York City Farm Colony: 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.0 mi
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 5.2 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 6.5 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 54
  • Todt Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.8 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.0 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
  • Grove 4: 12.8 mi
  • Freedom Field: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Palisades: 16.0 mi
  • Palisades: 18.2 mi
  • Palisades: 21.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Seele: 14.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar LoafNW 313°229 m24.5 mi
Gillespie HillNW 315°217 m24.0 mi
Mount KembleNW 312°215 m23.6 mi
Blachleys HillNW 309°204 m24.1 mi
Kinneys HillNW 318°180 m23.7 mi
Stony HillN 351°179 m19.1 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 342°175 m17.1 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW 283°168 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian bittersweet239 obs
  • American Robin111 obs
  • Western Honey Bee108 obs
  • Huron Skipper107 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee94 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird92 obs
  • Canada Goose90 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel88 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 way/712428599

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