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Petrosino Square

Petrosino Square from directly overhead

Petrosino 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 Desalvio Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72180, -73.99746

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • SoHo: 0.1 mi
  • Little Singer Building: 0.2 mi
  • King of Green Street: 0.2 mi
  • Italian flag painted Apartments: 0.3 mi
  • Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.3 mi
Artworks
  • Audrey Hepburn: 0.1 mi
  • Bust and monument to Archbishop John J. Hughes: 0.2 mi
  • Lorca-El Niño de las Pinturas: 0.3 mi
  • Bust of Sylvette: 0.3 mi
  • New York Earth Room: 0.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 60
  • Grassy Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.8 mi
  • Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Palisades: 6.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.5 mi
  • The Loch: 5.4 mi
  • The Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m20.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 310°263 m24.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m21.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m19.9 mi
Mount NeboN 9°208 m22.9 mi
Poacher PeakNW 326°185 m21.5 mi
Moon HillNW 326°180 m21.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 296°179 m14.3 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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,481 obs
  • House Sparrow1,961 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,919 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,591 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,353 obs
  • Monarch1,304 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,282 obs
  • European Starling1,246 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/44225581

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