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Paley Park

Paley Park from directly overhead

Paley Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Berlin Wall Segment, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1967
Elevation
20 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76035, -73.97510
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
Parks
  • Trum Tower Public Atrium: 0.1 mi
  • 590 Madison Public Atrium: 0.1 mi
  • 437 Madison Avenue - POPS: 0.2 mi
  • Channel Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • 745 Plaza: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Rabbitwoman and Dogman Love Big Bird: 0.1 mi
  • Erine and Bert Love Gorilla: 0.1 mi
  • Elmo Loves Elephant: 0.1 mi
  • Cookie Monster Loves Rhino: 0.1 mi
  • Atlas: 0.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.5 mi
  • Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.3 mi
  • Palisades: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 2.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.8 mi
  • The Falls: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Paley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 321°268 m18.6 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 303°263 m23.7 mi
Beech MountainNW 320°260 m19.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m18.4 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 330°224 m23.5 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m20.1 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m20.1 mi
Moon HillNW 319°180 m19.8 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 °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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • white snakeroot8,441 obs
  • Rock Pigeon7,982 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel4,161 obs
  • House Sparrow3,850 obs
  • American Robin3,552 obs
  • tree-of-heaven2,981 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly2,589 obs
  • European Starling2,571 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/264003876

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