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Morningside Park

Morningside Park from directly overhead

Morningside Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 423 m. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbia Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
423 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74951, -74.65330

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Dogpatch Town Park: 3.6 mi
  • Liberty Municipal Park: 3.9 mi
  • Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Shirley Diamond Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • Centreville Station Park: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 28
  • Katrina Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Hanging Rock Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Mullet Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Denton Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Mines Falls: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 28
Museums: 12
Springs: 8
  • Box Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Piped Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Rail-Trail Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Piped Spring: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Attractions: 6
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 15.1 mi
  • RIVER ACCESS sign: 23.2 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 23.6 mi
  • grassy track continues: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Buddah Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 24.1 mi
  • The Meditation Garden: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 18.4 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Morningside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainNE 41°1,165.86 m19.3 mi
Peekamoose MountainNE 43°1,164.03 m19.2 mi
East WildcatNNE 34°1,018 m19.8 mi
Beaver Kill RangeN 9°1,009 m16.9 mi
Willowemoc MountainN 4°983 m16.7 mi
Beaver Kill RangeN 11°979 m17.2 mi
Van Wyck MountainNE 39°976 m17.9 mi
High Falls RidgeNNE 18°975 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2519:5520:38
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2315:4716:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431445463686659483828
Precip in3.72.83.94.24.75.24.75.35.24.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Liberty 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wild bergamot25 obs
  • northern starflower24 obs
  • Eastern Newt15 obs
  • Painted Turtle14 obs
  • colt's-foot13 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle12 obs
  • pink lady's slipper11 obs
  • common milkweed10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357572098

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