Sam Leggio Triangle
Sam Leggio Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dawn of Glory, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.6 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 18 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dawn of Glory: 0.3 mi
- Betty Smith 1943: 1.2 mi
- Woodhaven Library: 1.2 mi
- Frank C. Prokop Square War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Edward R Miller Square: 1.4 mi
- Highland Park Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Crystal/Wells Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Public School 4k Paradise Garden: 0.7 mi
- Manley's Place: 0.8 mi
- Euclid Garden: 1.0 mi
- The Chestnut Street Garden: 0.4 mi
- Highland Park: 0.4 mi
- City Line Park: 0.5 mi
- Sperdadeo Brothers Playground: 0.5 mi
- Ashford Variety Garden: 0.8 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 0.8 mi
- Weeksville Heritage Center: 2.4 mi
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- The Bone Museum: 3.2 mi
- Brooklyn Children's Museum: 3.3 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 1.7 mi
- MV Schamonchi: 3.2 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 3.5 mi
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 4.2 mi
- Domestic Animals: 4.4 mi
- Dolphin: 1.8 mi
- Robert Fulton: 2.7 mi
- The City Don't Sleep: 2.8 mi
- Shai Asia Semple: 2.8 mi
- “The Ramp”: 3.3 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 2.7 mi
- Rookery: 4.5 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.2 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 5.8 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 5.9 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 3.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.8 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 6.2 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 6.5 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 7.2 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 3.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.8 mi
- Willink Hill: 4.6 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 4.8 mi
- Breeze Hill: 4.8 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 5.6 mi
- Street Seats: 5.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.2 mi
- Palisades: 9.3 mi
- Palisades: 9.4 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Palisades: 14.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.0 mi
- The Loch: 8.6 mi
- The Falls: 14.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.9 mi
- Tulip Springs: 22.0 mi
- Barber: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sam Leggio Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | WNW 295° | 179 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 286° | 175 m | 22.1 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 291° | 134 m | 24.8 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 244° | 125 m | 13.5 mi |
| Harbor Hill | ENE 58° | 106 m | 14.9 mi |
| Nook Hill | W 279° | 92 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bronx High Point | N 356° | 85 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 71° | 85 m | 23.6 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 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 7 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly204 obs
- common mugwort132 obs
- princess tree128 obs
- Rock Pigeon120 obs
- Porcelain Berry118 obs
- Japanese knotweed112 obs
- sassafras108 obs
- garlic mustard107 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357635460
Day trips start here
- Queens · 2 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 4 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 5 mi
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