Park · New York
Railroad Park
Railroad Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is El Coqui Liberation Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.82509, -73.91537
- 2.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 3.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 19.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- El Coqui Liberation Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Courtlandt Avenue Association Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Jardin de La Roca: 0.2 mi
- La Isla Usa: 0.2 mi
- Franklin Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
Parks
- Arcilla Playground: 0.2 mi
- Yolanda García Park: 0.2 mi
- O'Neill Triangle: 0.2 mi
- George Meade Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Flynn Brothers Playground: 0.3 mi
Attractions
- East 165th Street steps: 0.4 mi
- Joker Stairs: 0.9 mi
- Big Pun mural: 1.0 mi
- I Love the Bronx mural: 1.2 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.5 mi
Museums
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 0.5 mi
- Bronx Documentary Center: 0.5 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 0.6 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 0.8 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 1.4 mi
Artworks
- Renaissance Youth Center: 0.6 mi
- Coral: 1.3 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.5 mi
- Crack Is Wack: 1.6 mi
- Dream Machine Ⅱ: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- The Bat: 0.7 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.0 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.1 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.1 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.2 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.1 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 2.3 mi
- Long Hill: 2.9 mi
- Great Hill: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.0 mi
Beaches
- Hazard Beach: 3.0 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.6 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 4.0 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.0 mi
- Street Seats: 5.5 mi
- The Backyard: 8.2 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.5 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 4.8 mi
- Palisades: 6.7 mi
- The Palisades: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 3.1 mi
- The Falls: 5.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Railroad Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 304° | 268 m | 17.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 304° | 260 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 303° | 230 m | 17.7 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 360° | 214 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 358° | 208 m | 15.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 303° | 185 m | 19.5 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 303° | 180 m | 19.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 267° | 179 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel557 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly474 obs
- common mugwort426 obs
- House Sparrow375 obs
- American Robin289 obs
- American pokeweed270 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee253 obs
- Rock Pigeon251 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/923400022
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- Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 4 mi
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