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Rath Park

Rath Park from directly overhead

Rath Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Playground Area, Basketball Court, Baseball fields, Swimming Pool, Tennis Courts, and Bocce Ball. Built in 1959 over an old farm.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70255, -73.67190

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Garden World: 0.7 mi
  • Giving Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Childrens Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Lakeview Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 2.5 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Harbor Isle Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Hicks Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Long Beach: 8.2 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 46
Picnic sites: 31
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.2 mi
  • North Maples: 5.2 mi
  • West Lindens: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 15.9 mi
  • The Loch: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillWSW 253°125 m24.3 mi
Jayne's HillENE 59°122 m15.1 mi
Harbor HillNNE 14°106 m6.9 mi
West HillsENE 58°106 m14.8 mi
Dix HillsENE 64°92 m18.4 mi
Signal HillENE 63°90 m17.7 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 60°85 m13.0 mi
Bronx High PointNW 318°85 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail66 obs
  • Mourning Dove47 obs
  • American Robin46 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel41 obs
  • Italian Wall Lizard41 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly40 obs
  • Common Grackle31 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow26 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/588524300

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