Park · New York
Peretz Square
Peretz Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is First Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates40.72288, -73.98777
- 9.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- First Park: 0.1 mi
- McKinley Playground: 0.1 mi
- First Street Green Cultural Park: 0.2 mi
- Elizabeth Street Garden: 0.4 mi
- Tompkins Square Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
- Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.1 mi
- Liz Christy Garden: 0.2 mi
- Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.3 mi
- Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.3 mi
- Zohramp: 0.4 mi
Gardens
- First Street Garden: 0.1 mi
- Children's Magical Garden: 0.2 mi
- Hope Garden: 0.2 mi
- Schoolchildren's Greenhouse: 0.2 mi
- Stuffolk Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
Artworks
- Stop Guns: 0.1 mi
- Vladimir Lenin: 0.2 mi
- I♥NY More Than Ever!: 0.3 mi
- Bust and monument to Archbishop John J. Hughes: 0.4 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 0.4 mi
Museums
- The Brant Foundation Art Study Center: 0.3 mi
- New Museum: 0.3 mi
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum: 0.3 mi
- International Center of Photography: 0.3 mi
- The Ukrainian Museum: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- Samuel Sullivan Cox: 0.3 mi
- Milan R. Stefanik: 0.4 mi
- Rt. Rev. John Dubois, 3rd Bishop of New York, burial marker: 0.4 mi
- Slocum Disaster Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Daniel D. Tompkins: 0.5 mi
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 1.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.3 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.5 mi
- Bird Island: 1.9 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.3 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 59
- Grassy Hill: 3.1 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.1 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.2 mi
- Discovery Hill: 3.2 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.8 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.0 mi
- Street Seats: 2.8 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.7 mi
- Palisades: 6.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 4.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
- The Loch: 5.2 mi
- The Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 19.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peretz Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 327° | 268 m | 20.3 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 309° | 263 m | 24.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 326° | 260 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 327° | 230 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 22.8 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 325° | 185 m | 21.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 325° | 180 m | 21.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 295° | 179 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon3,461 obs
- House Sparrow1,874 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,787 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,610 obs
- Western Honey Bee1,299 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,191 obs
- Monarch1,162 obs
- European Starling1,146 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/111563947
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