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J. Hood Wright Park

J. Hood Wright Park from directly overhead

J. Hood Wright Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is West 173rd Street, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.84646, -73.94137

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 3.7 mi
  • The Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of J. Hood Wright Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 303°268 m15.9 mi
Beech MountainWNW 303°260 m17.1 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 302°230 m15.8 mi
Hook MountainN 4°214 m19.0 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 20°211 m19.5 mi
Mount NeboN 3°208 m14.0 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 302°185 m17.6 mi
Moon HillWNW 301°180 m17.3 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 solstice07:1815:4816:32

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, 5 mi away.

  • common mugwort1,069 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly852 obs
  • Porcelain Berry815 obs
  • American pokeweed412 obs
  • eastern poison ivy399 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel379 obs
  • Asian bittersweet364 obs
  • garlic mustard346 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/217722093

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