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Tompkins Square Park

Tompkins Square Park from directly overhead

Tompkins Square Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Slocum Disaster Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72626, -73.98169

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.4 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.4 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
  • Palisades: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.5 mi
  • The Loch: 4.9 mi
  • The Falls: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Tompkins Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 326°268 m20.3 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 308°263 m24.8 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m21.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m20.1 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m22.5 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m21.7 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m21.4 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°179 m14.9 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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon4,361 obs
  • House Sparrow1,845 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,563 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,442 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,129 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,089 obs
  • European Starling1,077 obs
  • Monarch1,010 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/25162896

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