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Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl

Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl from directly overhead

Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is McKinley Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.63258, -74.01341
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Pope John Paul II: 0.9 mi
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine: 1.3 mi
  • 9/11: 1.4 mi
  • Fort Hamilton War Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Irving T. Bush: 1.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Gingerbread House: 1.4 mi
  • Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 1.6 mi
  • Hammerhead Peninsula: 2.7 mi
  • Street Car: 2.9 mi
  • Drummer's Grove: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Museums
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 47
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.2 mi
  • The Loch: 11.6 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CecchinoNNW 337°230 m25.0 mi
Stony HillNW 316°179 m17.3 mi
Mayapple HillNW 304°175 m17.4 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 330°144 m23.8 mi
Riker HillNW 307°134 m20.5 mi
Long HillWNW 282°126 m22.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 247°125 m5.8 mi
Crawford HillSSW 209°120 m18.9 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk840 obs
  • American Kestrel635 obs
  • Monarch496 obs
  • Rock Pigeon434 obs
  • American Robin408 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk391 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird388 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly379 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/185021927

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