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Pier 76

Pier 76 from directly overhead

Pier 76 is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is S.S. United States Propeller, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hudson River Park Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.75912, -74.00512
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Parks
  • Pier 84: 0.4 mi
  • Public Square and Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Key Park: Bob’s Park: 0.5 mi
  • The High Line Plinth: 0.5 mi
  • Matthews-Palmer Playground: 0.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 1.1 mi
  • Palisades: 2.3 mi
  • Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 6.1 mi
  • Palisades: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 3.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.0 mi
  • The Falls: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Pier 76. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m17.8 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 306°263 m22.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 324°260 m18.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 325°230 m17.5 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 334°224 m22.8 mi
LeGrande HillNW 325°219 m22.9 mi
Mount NeboNNE 12°208 m20.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 323°185 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon4,213 obs
  • white snakeroot2,335 obs
  • House Sparrow1,798 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,675 obs
  • European Starling1,373 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,334 obs
  • American Robin1,196 obs
  • Canada Goose878 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1023817153

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