Park · New York
Pershing Square
Pershing Square is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Central Terminal, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Grand Central Partnership
How to reach it
Coordinates40.75180, -73.97800
- 7.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Grand Central Terminal: 0.1 mi
- Stephen A. Schwarzman Building: 0.2 mi
- Bryant Park: 0.3 mi
- Strange Days Album Cover Location: 0.3 mi
- Le Carrousel: 0.3 mi
Museums
- The AKC Museum of the Dog: 0.1 mi
- The Morgan Library & Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Broadway: 0.5 mi
- Paley Center for Media: 0.6 mi
- June 4th Memorial Exhibit: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
- The Kneeling Fireman: 0.2 mi
- Wendell L. Willkie: 0.3 mi
- William Cullen Bryant: 0.3 mi
- Gertrude Stein: 0.3 mi
- “The Engineers Club”: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Fortitude: 0.2 mi
- Patience: 0.2 mi
- Jan Karski's Bench: 0.2 mi
- John M. Carrére: 0.2 mi
- John Stewart Kennedy: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Marsh & McLennan Public Space: 0.4 mi
- Tudor City Greens - South Park: 0.4 mi
- Tudor City Greens - North Park: 0.4 mi
- 437 Madison Avenue - POPS: 0.4 mi
- Verizon Plaza: 0.4 mi
Gardens
- Katharine Hepburn Garden: 0.5 mi
- Amster Yard: 0.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- Lobby Garden: 0.7 mi
- Clinton Community Garden: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.7 mi
- Bird Island: 4.0 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.2 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.8 mi
Beaches
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.4 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.6 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.3 mi
Peaks
- Vista Rock: 2.0 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.2 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.3 mi
- Great Hill: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 1.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 2.6 mi
- Palisades: 3.5 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 3.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.3 mi
- The Falls: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 21.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Pershing Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 323° | 268 m | 19.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 305° | 263 m | 23.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 322° | 260 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 322° | 230 m | 18.8 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 331° | 224 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 7° | 208 m | 20.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 320° | 185 m | 20.4 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 321° | 180 m | 20.1 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 | 15:48 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon7,763 obs
- white snakeroot5,994 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,660 obs
- House Sparrow3,345 obs
- American Robin2,567 obs
- European Starling2,100 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly2,003 obs
- tree-of-heaven1,845 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1238700037
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- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
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