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Old Fort Park

Old Fort Park from directly overhead

Old Fort Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverbend Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
45 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87485, -73.90073

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 3.3 mi
  • The Loch: 6.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 293°268 m16.9 mi
Beech MountainWNW 294°260 m18.0 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 292°230 m16.8 mi
Hook MountainN 357°214 m17.0 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 16°211 m16.9 mi
Mount NeboN 354°208 m12.1 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 293°185 m18.5 mi
Reynolds HillNNE 23°180 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

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

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, 4 mi away.

  • white snakeroot3,978 obs
  • common mugwort3,331 obs
  • lesser celandine3,252 obs
  • garlic mustard1,567 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,451 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,339 obs
  • northern spicebush1,301 obs
  • American pokeweed1,246 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/440530206

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