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Isham Park

Isham Park from directly overhead

Isham Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruce Reynolds Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86983, -73.91876

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Bruce Reynolds Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 0.8 mi
  • Cuxa Cloister: 0.8 mi
  • Trie Cloister: 0.8 mi
  • Bonnefont Cloister: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Beaches
Artworks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Attractions
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Falls: 4.3 mi
  • The Loch: 5.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Isham Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 296°268 m16.2 mi
Beech MountainWNW 296°260 m17.3 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 294°230 m16.1 mi
Hook MountainN 0°214 m17.3 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 19°211 m17.5 mi
Mount NeboN 358°208 m12.4 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 295°185 m17.8 mi
Moon HillWNW 295°180 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
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 °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 4 mi away.

  • common mugwort1,332 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,167 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel809 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly782 obs
  • northern spicebush720 obs
  • garlic mustard659 obs
  • tree-of-heaven657 obs
  • Italian arum634 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/104169861

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