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Silver Lake Park

Silver Lake Park from directly overhead

Silver Lake Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Mall, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62739, -74.09496

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Forest Mall: 0.3 mi
  • Haven Esplanade: 0.4 mi
  • Hero Park: 0.4 mi
  • Serpentine Art and Nature Commons: 0.5 mi
  • Goodhue Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Wingdale: 0.9 mi
  • Eyes: 1.0 mi
  • Anchor: 1.2 mi
  • NEAKA: 1.2 mi
  • Icon II: 1.2 mi
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • Signal Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Park Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Fox Hills: 1.3 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Todt Hill: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 11
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 347°268 m24.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 347°230 m24.0 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 297°217 m24.3 mi
Mount KembleWNW 293°215 m24.3 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 299°180 m23.6 mi
Stony HillNNW 329°179 m14.9 mi
Mayapple HillNW 315°175 m14.3 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 266°168 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 6 mi away.

  • Porcelain Berry310 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly172 obs
  • Mallard159 obs
  • Wild Turkey133 obs
  • American Robin126 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel114 obs
  • Pond Slider111 obs
  • white snakeroot107 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/33872129

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