Park · New York
Johnny Hartman Square
Johnny Hartman Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hope Steven Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 40 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.82412, -73.94863
- 2.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Hope Steven Garden: 0.0 mi
- Frank White Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Mo' Pals: 0.2 mi
- Maggie's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Riverside Valley Community Garden: 0.4 mi
Attractions
- Original brown stone houses: 0.1 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.1 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.6 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.1 mi
- Joker Stairs: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Alexander Hamilton Playground: 0.2 mi
- Montefiore Park: 0.3 mi
- Jacob H. Schiff Playground: 0.3 mi
- Donnellan Square: 0.4 mi
- Riverbank State Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Story Telling: 0.6 mi
- Children's Cultural Center of Native America: 0.6 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 0.9 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- Our Gates: 0.4 mi
- Portrait of t.: 0.4 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.4 mi
- Welcome to Harlem: 0.8 mi
- Harlem Hybrid: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Saint Nicholas Avenue: 0.5 mi
- Saint Nicholas Avenue: 0.5 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.6 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.6 mi
- West 155th Street: 0.6 mi
Peaks
- Mount Morris: 1.4 mi
- Great Hill: 2.0 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 2.1 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.1 mi
- Long Hill: 3.0 mi
Beaches
- Hazard Beach: 2.1 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.3 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.8 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.8 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 54
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Palisades: 2.4 mi
- Palisades: 4.7 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Palisades: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 45
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.3 mi
- Street Seats: 5.1 mi
- The Backyard: 6.4 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 2.1 mi
- The Falls: 7.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Feltville Historic District: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Johnny Hartman Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 308° | 268 m | 16.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 308° | 260 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 307° | 230 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 15.6 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 306° | 185 m | 18.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 306° | 180 m | 17.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 267° | 179 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 259° | 175 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel949 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly928 obs
- white snakeroot789 obs
- House Sparrow684 obs
- American Robin681 obs
- common mugwort615 obs
- Rock Pigeon514 obs
- American pokeweed448 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/118524658
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- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 3 mi
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