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Person Square

Person Square from directly overhead

Person Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Oracle Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
17 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69344, -73.97302

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 57
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.0 mi
  • Palisades: 5.8 mi
  • Palisades: 8.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.8 mi
  • Palisades: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.2 mi
  • The Loch: 7.0 mi
  • The Falls: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Person Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m22.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m23.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m22.2 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m24.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 326°185 m23.8 mi
Moon HillNNW 326°180 m23.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m16.4 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 289°175 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

  • Monarch1,134 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,087 obs
  • American Robin1,062 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,031 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel949 obs
  • Rock Pigeon936 obs
  • House Sparrow899 obs
  • Mourning Dove802 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/180338224

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