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Nelson A. Rockefeller Park

Nelson A. Rockefeller Park from directly overhead

Nelson A. Rockefeller Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Teardrop Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71743, -74.01609

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks
  • Grassy Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.3 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.9 mi
  • Palisades: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.7 mi
  • The Loch: 6.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Nelson A. Rockefeller Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 331°268 m19.9 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 312°263 m23.8 mi
Beech MountainNNW 330°260 m20.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 331°230 m19.6 mi
Mount NeboNNE 11°208 m23.4 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 329°185 m21.2 mi
Moon HillNNW 329°180 m20.9 mi
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 5 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon2,650 obs
  • House Sparrow1,576 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,412 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,269 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,215 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,046 obs
  • Monarch960 obs
  • European Starling921 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/372701952

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