Park · New York
University Woods Park
University Woods Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherman Creek, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 36 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.85902, -73.91518
- 2.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 2.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Sherman Creek: 0.2 mi
- Cedar Playground: 0.3 mi
- Aqueduct Walk (West Burnside to West 181st): 0.4 mi
- Beanstalk Playground: 0.4 mi
- Aqueduct Walk (West 181st to West 183rd): 0.4 mi
Gardens
- Riley-Levin Children's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Bean Morris Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bruce Reynolds Garden: 0.8 mi
- Green Patch on Walton: 0.8 mi
- Trie Cloister: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- Roberto Clemente: 0.5 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 0.8 mi
- Columnade: 0.9 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.6 mi
- Renaissance Youth Center: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Broadway: 0.7 mi
- Broadway: 0.7 mi
- Broadway: 0.7 mi
- Broadway: 0.7 mi
- Vermilyea Avenue: 0.7 mi
Museums
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 0.7 mi
- The Met Cloisters: 1.0 mi
- Poe Cottage: 1.2 mi
- Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center: 1.9 mi
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 1.0 mi
- Inwood Hill: 1.2 mi
- Marble Hill: 1.2 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.3 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.5 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 6.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 7.1 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 7.2 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 1.1 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 1.4 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 2.2 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.3 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 2.4 mi
Attractions
- Joker Stairs: 1.7 mi
- Birds of Prey: 1.9 mi
- Congo Gorilla Forest: 1.9 mi
- Flamingos: 1.9 mi
- Madagascar!: 1.9 mi
Cliffs
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.6 mi
- Palisades: 5.2 mi
- The Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.0 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Street Seats: 7.7 mi
- The Backyard: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Falls: 4.4 mi
- The Loch: 5.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of University Woods Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 298° | 268 m | 16.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 298° | 260 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 296° | 230 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 360° | 214 m | 18.1 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 17° | 211 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 357° | 208 m | 13.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 297° | 185 m | 18.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 297° | 180 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 4 mi away.
- common mugwort1,290 obs
- Porcelain Berry1,064 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly764 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel752 obs
- northern spicebush712 obs
- Italian arum633 obs
- tree-of-heaven550 obs
- garlic mustard540 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/286996622
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