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Monsignor McGolrick Park

Monsignor McGolrick Park from directly overhead

Monsignor McGolrick Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenpoint World War I Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72456, -73.94320

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
  • Museum of Food and Drink: 0.5 mi
  • The City Reliquary: 1.0 mi
  • The Bone Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Underpenny Museum Antique & Collectables: 1.4 mi
  • MoMA PS1: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.4 mi
  • Vista Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Summit Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 4.3 mi
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 3.2 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.7 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 44
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 5.4 mi
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Loch: 4.9 mi
  • The Falls: 12.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Monsignor McGolrick Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 322°268 m21.6 mi
Beech MountainNW 321°260 m22.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m21.4 mi
Mount NeboN 2°208 m22.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 320°185 m23.1 mi
Moon HillNW 320°180 m22.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 291°179 m16.8 mi
Mayapple HillW 281°175 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

  • tree-of-heaven1,257 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly955 obs
  • common mugwort657 obs
  • Rock Pigeon574 obs
  • House Sparrow464 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee439 obs
  • American Robin413 obs
  • northern seaside goldenrod378 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/33819642

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