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Park of the Americas

Park of the Americas from directly overhead

Park of the Americas is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Corona Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
12 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.74870, -73.86200
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Rocket Park: 0.5 mi
  • Owl: 0.7 mi
  • Canadian Lynx: 0.7 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 0.7 mi
  • Aviary: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Forms in Transit: 0.6 mi
  • Turtle: 0.6 mi
  • Llama: 0.6 mi
  • Whale: 0.6 mi
  • Queens Mural: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Janes Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Morris: 5.7 mi
  • Vista Rock: 6.0 mi
Beaches
  • Hallet’s Cove: 4.1 mi
  • Parsons Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 7.8 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 19
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • Palisades: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 9.5 mi
  • Palisades: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Loch: 6.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • The Falls: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Park of the Americas. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 311°268 m23.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 310°230 m23.1 mi
Mount NeboN 351°208 m21.0 mi
Stony HillWNW 282°179 m20.4 mi
Mayapple HillW 274°175 m22.4 mi
Kennelwood HillNNE 14°156 m22.7 mi
Kykuit HillN 2°147 m23.6 mi
Packanack MountainWNW 302°144 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven513 obs
  • Rock Pigeon303 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel211 obs
  • House Sparrow209 obs
  • Mallard207 obs
  • American Robin167 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly162 obs
  • European Starling154 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/369699550

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