Park · New York
McKinley Park
McKinley Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kathy Reilly Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.62683, -74.01664
- 15.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Kathy Reilly Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Lieutenant William E Coffey Square: 0.3 mi
- Dan Ross Playground: 0.4 mi
- Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl: 0.4 mi
- Tom McDonald Triangle: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Fort Hamilton War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Pope John Paul II: 1.1 mi
- First Resistance to British Arms in New York State August 1776: 1.4 mi
- Monument to John N. LaCorte: 1.4 mi
- John Paul Jones Memorial: 1.4 mi
Attractions
- The Gingerbread House: 1.1 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 2.1 mi
- Hammerhead Peninsula: 3.1 mi
- Street Car: 3.3 mi
- Drummer's Grove: 3.5 mi
Gardens
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Jardín los Colibríes: 2.1 mi
- East Fourth Street Garden: 2.6 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Prospect Farm: 2.8 mi
Museums
- Harbor Defense Museum: 1.5 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 2.0 mi
- Alice Austen House: 2.6 mi
- Mont Sec House: 2.6 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 2.7 mi
Artworks
- Bees for Sunset Park: 1.8 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 1.8 mi
- Mother Teresa Statue: 2.1 mi
- Hulk: 2.2 mi
- Captain America: 2.3 mi
Beaches
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 2.5 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.6 mi
- South Beach: 3.8 mi
- Coney Island Beach: 4.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Eibs Pond Park: 3.5 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 4.0 mi
- Swinburne Island: 4.6 mi
- Bird Island: 4.9 mi
- Last Chance Pond Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 50
- Battle Hill: 2.5 mi
- Lookout Hill: 3.2 mi
- Fox Hills: 3.3 mi
- Quaker Hill: 3.3 mi
- Park Hill: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 47
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.8 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.3 mi
- Street Seats: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 8.2 mi
- Palisades: 9.9 mi
- Palisades: 12.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Hawk Hill: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Fallkill Falls: 3.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
- The Loch: 12.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.4 mi
- North Tower: 16.0 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 14.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKinley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 317° | 179 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 305° | 175 m | 17.5 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NNW 331° | 144 m | 24.1 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 308° | 134 m | 20.6 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 283° | 126 m | 22.6 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 251° | 125 m | 5.5 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 209° | 120 m | 18.5 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 207° | 106 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 3 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon390 obs
- American Kestrel336 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly235 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk218 obs
- Mourning Dove188 obs
- Cooper's Hawk178 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel177 obs
- House Sparrow173 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/61242143
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