MacDonald Park
MacDonald Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 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.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- “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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 9.7 mi
- Palisades: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 12.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tulip Springs: 23.4 mi
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 |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel428 obs
- American Robin367 obs
- garlic mustard305 obs
- Asian bittersweet299 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly288 obs
- Rock Pigeon274 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird234 obs
- Mourning Dove233 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/263324655
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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