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Socrates Sculpture Park

Socrates Sculpture Park from directly overhead

Socrates Sculpture Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.76843, -73.93696

Named places within 25 miles

Ghost towns

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.

  • white snakeroot4,473 obs
  • tree-of-heaven2,536 obs
  • common milkweed2,411 obs
  • Rock Pigeon2,409 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel2,259 obs
  • House Sparrow1,870 obs
  • American Robin1,846 obs
  • Mourning Dove1,602 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/231847469

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