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Litchult Square

Litchult Square from directly overhead

Litchult Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wayanda Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10.0 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
22 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71597, -73.74493

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Jam Master Jay: 0.8 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 1.8 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 1.8 mi
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 2.1 mi
  • Madonna: 2.1 mi
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.5 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 8.5 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 3.9 mi
  • JFK: 4.9 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Circle Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Unity Garden: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 51
  • Queens High Point: 3.2 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 8.1 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Janes Hill: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Area D: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.0 mi
  • Palisades: 14.4 mi
  • Palisades: 14.9 mi
  • Palisades: 15.7 mi
  • Palisades: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.4 mi
  • The Loch: 12.5 mi
  • The Falls: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 338°208 m24.9 mi
Kennelwood HillN 358°156 m24.3 mi
Beaver HillN 350°140 m24.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 248°125 m21.0 mi
Jayne's HillENE 68°122 m18.1 mi
Harbor HillNE 44°106 m8.0 mi
West HillsENE 67°106 m17.8 mi
Dix HillsENE 71°92 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel362 obs
  • eastern poison ivy279 obs
  • American tuliptree233 obs
  • American Robin227 obs
  • American sweetgum207 obs
  • sassafras204 obs
  • Blue Jay169 obs
  • wild geranium164 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/900442296

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