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Ketchum Triangle

Ketchum Triangle from directly overhead

Ketchum Triangle is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Seth Low Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.60551, -73.98227

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
  • Edible Schoolyard NYC: 1.3 mi
  • West 23rd Street Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Santos White Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 2.3 mi
  • Father Kehoe Triangle: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 49
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 9
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • The Loch: 13.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 316°179 m19.8 mi
Mayapple HillNW 306°175 m19.8 mi
Riker HillNW 308°134 m22.9 mi
Long HillWNW 285°126 m24.8 mi
Todt HillW 267°125 m7.0 mi
Crawford HillSW 216°120 m18.2 mi
Telegraph HillSW 214°106 m17.7 mi
Harbor HillNE 53°106 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, under a mile away.

  • Rock Pigeon124 obs
  • Mourning Dove107 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron90 obs
  • Song Sparrow86 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly85 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull84 obs
  • House Sparrow83 obs
  • American Robin78 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/737709928

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