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Sheridan Triangle

Sheridan Triangle from directly overhead

Sheridan Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverdale 9-11 Memorial Garden, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
17 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90490, -73.89667

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Jones Lawn: 0.4 mi
  • Frank S Hackett Park: 0.5 mi
  • Delafield Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fay Park: 0.8 mi
  • Riverdale Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Artworks
  • Coyote: 1.3 mi
  • 242 St. station: 1.5 mi
  • Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 1.6 mi
  • Farragut Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 1.9 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Falls: 3.2 mi
  • The Loch: 8.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 17.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Sheridan Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 286°268 m16.4 mi
Beech MountainWNW 287°260 m17.5 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 285°230 m16.3 mi
Sarles HillNNE 18°216 m17.8 mi
Hook MountainN 356°214 m15.0 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 17°211 m14.9 mi
Mount NeboN 351°208 m10.1 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 287°185 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1815:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 5 mi away.

  • white snakeroot2,866 obs
  • garlic mustard1,324 obs
  • multiflora rose1,139 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle912 obs
  • Porcelain Berry909 obs
  • Asian bittersweet858 obs
  • American jumpseed739 obs
  • common ivy723 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/1084131821

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