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Murphy Triangle

Murphy Triangle from directly overhead

Murphy Triangle is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooke Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85117, -73.89338

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 42
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Loch: 5.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Murphy Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 297°268 m17.9 mi
Beech MountainWNW 298°260 m19.1 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 296°230 m17.8 mi
Hook MountainN 356°214 m18.7 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 13°211 m18.4 mi
Mount NeboN 353°208 m13.8 mi
Reynolds HillNNE 20°180 m18.7 mi
Moon HillWNW 297°180 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 3 mi away.

  • lesser celandine2,661 obs
  • common mugwort2,272 obs
  • white snakeroot1,919 obs
  • American Robin672 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel629 obs
  • American pokeweed594 obs
  • garlic mustard545 obs
  • northern spicebush507 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/562586511

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