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Oliver Hazard Triangle

Oliver Hazard Triangle from directly overhead

Oliver Hazard Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowbird Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
19 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.72514, -73.89886
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Maspeth Plateau: 0.4 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Vista Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Summit Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 7.1 mi
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
  • Palisades: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.6 mi
  • The Loch: 5.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.8 mi
  • The Falls: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Oliver Hazard Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 317°268 m23.1 mi
Beech MountainNW 317°260 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 317°230 m22.9 mi
Mount NeboN 356°208 m22.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 316°185 m24.6 mi
Moon HillNW 316°180 m24.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 289°179 m19.0 mi
Mayapple HillW 279°175 m20.6 mi
Conditions

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 °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven446 obs
  • Rock Pigeon221 obs
  • House Sparrow219 obs
  • common mugwort199 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly187 obs
  • Mourning Dove159 obs
  • prickly lettuce152 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel143 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 way/378326876

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