- Elevation, modelled
- 17 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Cecchino230 m · 24.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway7.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7222, -73.8468
MacDonald Park is a park in New York, at a modelled 17 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Gerald McDonald, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.1 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of MacDonald Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cecchino | NW 313° | 230 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 350° | 208 m | 23.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 287° | 179 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 279° | 175 m | 23.4 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 11° | 156 m | 24.3 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 2° | 140 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 360° | 140 m | 24.2 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 359° | 127 m | 24.2 mi |
- 7.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 23.5 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Captain Gerald McDonald: 0.0 mi
- Memorial to the Veterans of World War I of Forest Hills: 0.4 mi
- Mast of Yacht Columbia: 0.4 mi
- Haym Salomon: 1.4 mi
- Richmond Hill War Memorial: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Russell Sage Playground: 0.3 mi
- Yellowstone Municipal Park: 0.3 mi
- Federoff Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Plaza 67: 0.5 mi
- Willow Lake Playground: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- “The Ramp”: 0.6 mi
- African American Marbleization: 1.4 mi
- Waking Blind: 1.4 mi
- Interlaced: 1.4 mi
- Shotgun Home (America): 1.4 mi
Gardens
- Project Eden: 0.7 mi
- The Compost Collective: 0.7 mi
- Ian MacLennan Garden: 0.8 mi
- Thomas X. Winberry Garden: 0.9 mi
- Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens: 1.1 mi
Attractions
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 1.4 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 1.5 mi
- Domestic Animals: 1.5 mi
- Education Center: 1.5 mi
- Domestic Animals: 1.5 mi
Museums
- Queens Museum: 1.6 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 1.8 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 1.8 mi
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 2.4 mi
- King Manor Museum: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Spring Creek Park: 4.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.0 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 6.3 mi
- Virginia Point: 6.6 mi
- Rookery: 7.2 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.7 mi
- Parsons Beach: 6.0 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 6.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 7.6 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 58
- Maspeth Plateau: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 4.0 mi
- Janes Hill: 7.1 mi
- Queens High Point: 7.1 mi
- Willink Hill: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 5.7 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Area D: 7.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 9.7 mi
- Palisades: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 10
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Binnen Falls: 7.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
- The Loch: 7.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.8 mi
- The Falls: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 23.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Queens/Forest Park · 1 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 3 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 3 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 3 mi
- Queens · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 5 mi
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