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Stuyvesant Cove Park

Stuyvesant Cove Park from directly overhead

Stuyvesant Cove Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Playground 11, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2002

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73315, -73.97406

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Anarchy 99: 0.7 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.7 mi
  • The Friends Experience: 0.7 mi
  • Freedom plaza: 1.0 mi
  • Flatiron Building: 1.0 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • Palisades: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 4.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.0 mi
  • The Falls: 12.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Stuyvesant Cove Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m20.2 mi
Beech MountainNW 323°260 m21.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 324°230 m19.9 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m22.0 mi
Poacher PeakNW 322°185 m21.6 mi
Moon HillNW 322°180 m21.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 291°179 m15.1 mi
Mayapple HillW 280°175 m16.7 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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 3 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon5,671 obs
  • House Sparrow1,761 obs
  • tree-of-heaven1,396 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,380 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,323 obs
  • European Starling1,020 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee951 obs
  • Western Honey Bee874 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/31009822

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