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South Oxford Park

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South Oxford Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cuyler Gore Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68365, -73.97246

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.5 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Palisades: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.6 mi
  • The Loch: 7.7 mi
  • The Falls: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m23.1 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m24.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m22.8 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 327°185 m24.4 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m24.1 mi
Stony HillWNW 302°179 m16.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 291°175 m17.7 mi
Packanack MountainNW 321°144 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin1,755 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,312 obs
  • Pond Slider1,298 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,239 obs
  • House Sparrow1,227 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,167 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,070 obs
  • Mourning Dove1,009 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/182428278

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