Saint Nicholas Park
Saint Nicholas Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorrance Brooks Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
St. Nicholas of Myra, the inspiration for Santa Claus, the patron saint of children, sailors, bankers, pawnbrokers, travelers, and captives. Alexander Hamilton’s home, Hamilton Grange, was relocated to the park’s northern end in 2008.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 19 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dorrance Brooks Square: 0.1 mi
- Annunciation Playground: 0.2 mi
- Jacob H. Schiff Playground: 0.3 mi
- Montefiore Park: 0.4 mi
- Alexander Hamilton Playground: 0.4 mi
- Harlem Valley Garden: 0.4 mi
- 133rd Swing Street Garden: 0.4 mi
- Hope Steven Garden: 0.4 mi
- Parks Council Success Garden: 0.4 mi
- Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.4 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.4 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.4 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.7 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 1.6 mi
- Harlem Hybrid: 0.5 mi
- Higher Ground: 0.6 mi
- General Winfield Scott Hancock: 0.6 mi
- Welcome to Harlem: 0.7 mi
- Portrait of t.: 0.8 mi
- Harriet Tubman Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Japanese Tori: 0.7 mi
- Amiable Child Memorial: 0.8 mi
- General Grant National Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Saint Nicholas Avenue: 0.9 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.0 mi
- Great Hill: 1.5 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.0 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 2.5 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.6 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.5 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.4 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.7 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.3 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.9 mi
- Street Seats: 4.7 mi
- The Backyard: 6.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.7 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.1 mi
- Palisades: 7.1 mi
- The Loch: 1.7 mi
- The Falls: 7.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Saint Nicholas Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 309° | 268 m | 16.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 309° | 260 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 308° | 230 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 16.0 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 308° | 185 m | 18.4 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 307° | 180 m | 18.1 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 269° | 179 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 260° | 175 m | 18.0 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, 3 mi away.
- white snakeroot1,887 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,468 obs
- American Robin1,348 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,106 obs
- House Sparrow1,016 obs
- common mugwort999 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee997 obs
- lesser celandine984 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/108239589
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Fort Lee · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 3 mi
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