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Sergeant Colyer Square

Sergeant Colyer Square from directly overhead

Sergeant Colyer Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Playground One-Forty, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.67491, -73.80572
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
  • William "Dollar" Beamon: 0.6 mi
  • Mastodon: 0.9 mi
  • Frog: 1.1 mi
  • Frog: 1.1 mi
  • Frog: 1.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 48
  • Maspeth Plateau: 6.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Queens High Point: 7.3 mi
  • Willink Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area D: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.0 mi
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.0 mi
  • Palisades: 13.0 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
  • Palisades: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.7 mi
  • The Loch: 11.6 mi
  • The Falls: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 293°179 m24.8 mi
Todt HillWSW 252°125 m17.0 mi
Jayne's HillENE 64°122 m22.2 mi
Harbor HillNE 45°106 m12.2 mi
West HillsENE 63°106 m21.8 mi
Signal HillENE 67°90 m24.9 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 342°85 m16.3 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 65°85 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon130 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly45 obs
  • House Sparrow42 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 obs
  • common mugwort40 obs
  • Redhead32 obs
  • Canada Goose32 obs
  • Mourning Dove30 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1025814333

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