Straus Square
Straus Square is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is War Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- War Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Kimlau War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Lin Zexu: 0.4 mi
- Catherine Market: 0.4 mi
- Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial: 0.4 mi
- “Togo”: 0.0 mi
- Confucius: 0.4 mi
- Sen Yat-sen: 0.5 mi
- Vladimir Lenin: 0.5 mi
- Audrey Hepburn: 0.6 mi
- Seward Park: 0.1 mi
- Hester Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Seward Park High School - Community Playground: 0.1 mi
- Little Flower Playground: 0.1 mi
- Seward Park Extension Park: 0.2 mi
- Museum at Eldridge Street: 0.2 mi
- International Center of Photography: 0.3 mi
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum: 0.3 mi
- Italian American Museum: 0.5 mi
- New Museum: 0.6 mi
- Lower East Side Skatepark: 0.2 mi
- Zohramp: 0.3 mi
- Bloody Angle: 0.4 mi
- Chinatown: 0.5 mi
- Italian flag painted Apartments: 0.5 mi
- M’Finda Kalunga Garden: 0.5 mi
- Children's Magical Garden: 0.5 mi
- Clinton Community Garden (LES): 0.5 mi
- Siempre Verde Garden: 0.5 mi
- Stuffolk Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 0.7 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.5 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.9 mi
- Bird Island: 1.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.7 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.1 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.6 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.6 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.6 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 3.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.4 mi
- Street Seats: 3.3 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 3.4 mi
- Palisades: 4.2 mi
- Palisades: 6.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Palisades: 12.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.8 mi
- The Loch: 5.8 mi
- The Falls: 14.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.0 mi
- Barber: 18.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.9 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Straus Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 268 m | 20.8 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 310° | 263 m | 24.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 327° | 260 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 328° | 230 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 23.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 326° | 185 m | 22.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 326° | 180 m | 21.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 297° | 179 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon3,216 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,844 obs
- House Sparrow1,813 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,557 obs
- Monarch1,463 obs
- Western Honey Bee1,412 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,309 obs
- European Starling1,124 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/252823151
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- Manhattan/Chinatown · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 0 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
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