Richard Tucker Square
Richard Tucker Square is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard Tucker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Richard Tucker: 0.0 mi
- Damrosch Park: 0.2 mi
- Madison Lyden: 0.2 mi
- Adventure Playground: 0.2 mi
- USS Maine Monument: 0.4 mi
- American Folk Art Museum: 0.0 mi
- NYC Barber Shop Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Arts and Design: 0.4 mi
- American Museum of Natural History: 0.7 mi
- Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation: 0.7 mi
- Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Lawn: 0.1 mi
- Dante Park: 0.1 mi
- 30 Lincoln Plaza: 0.2 mi
- St. Peter's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Robert Moses Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Reclining Figure: 0.1 mi
- Time Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Dante Alighieri: 0.1 mi
- Constellation of Voices: 0.1 mi
- The Sources of Music: 0.1 mi
- Free Public Stargazing: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: 0.1 mi
- Columbus Circle: 0.4 mi
- Central Park Carousel: 0.4 mi
- Bow Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Barclays Capital Grove: 0.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.3 mi
- Coliseum Park: 0.3 mi
- Nell Singer Lilac Walk: 0.5 mi
- Olmsted Flower Bed: 0.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 5.3 mi
- Bird Island: 5.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 0.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 0.9 mi
- Great Hill: 2.0 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.9 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.5 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.8 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.8 mi
- Street Seats: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.5 mi
- Palisades: 2.1 mi
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Palisades: 8.4 mi
- The Loch: 1.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.8 mi
- The Falls: 10.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 21.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.1 mi
- Barber: 22.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Richard Tucker Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 320° | 268 m | 17.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 319° | 260 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 320° | 230 m | 17.5 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 330° | 224 m | 22.5 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NW 321° | 219 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 19.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 318° | 185 m | 19.2 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 318° | 180 m | 18.9 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 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.
- white snakeroot8,850 obs
- Rock Pigeon7,614 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel4,024 obs
- House Sparrow3,613 obs
- American Robin3,499 obs
- common milkweed3,073 obs
- tree-of-heaven2,889 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly2,756 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/154416666
Day trips start here
- Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 2 mi
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