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Sunset Park

Sunset Park from directly overhead

Sunset Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 50 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gonzalo Plasencia Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 14 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
50 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64807, -74.00433

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • SS Arctic Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Irving T. Bush: 0.8 mi
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine: 0.8 mi
  • Joseph Alfed Perry: 0.8 mi
  • James B. Warden: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 0.6 mi
  • Hammerhead Peninsula: 1.8 mi
  • Street Car: 1.9 mi
  • Camperdown Elm: 2.2 mi
  • Drummer's Grove: 2.3 mi
Museums
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 52
Picnic sites: 47
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.2 mi
  • The Loch: 10.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 336°268 m24.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 335°230 m24.2 mi
Stony HillNW 312°179 m16.9 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 300°175 m17.2 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 328°144 m23.1 mi
Riker HillNW 304°134 m20.3 mi
Long HillW 279°126 m23.0 mi
Todt HillWSW 240°125 m6.7 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 solstice07:1715:4916:33

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, 4 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk1,173 obs
  • American Kestrel1,041 obs
  • Monarch807 obs
  • Canada Goose602 obs
  • American Robin570 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly551 obs
  • Rock Pigeon537 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird532 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/149616466

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