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Tom McDonald Triangle

Tom McDonald Triangle from directly overhead

Tom McDonald Triangle is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dan Ross Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
23 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62189, -74.02263

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Gingerbread House: 0.9 mi
  • Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 2.5 mi
  • Hammerhead Peninsula: 3.5 mi
  • Street Car: 3.6 mi
  • Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 3.8 mi
Gardens
Beaches
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks: 50
Picnic sites: 47
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • The Loch: 12.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 319°179 m17.5 mi
Mayapple HillNW 307°175 m17.4 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 332°144 m24.2 mi
Riker HillNW 309°134 m20.6 mi
Long HillWNW 284°126 m22.4 mi
Todt HillWSW 253°125 m5.1 mi
Crawford HillSSW 208°120 m18.1 mi
Telegraph HillSSW 207°106 m17.6 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, 3 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon337 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull168 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly166 obs
  • Mourning Dove161 obs
  • House Sparrow134 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel134 obs
  • American Herring Gull131 obs
  • American Robin114 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/878398438

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