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Upper Forecourt

Upper Forecourt from directly overhead

Upper Forecourt is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Forecourt, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
28 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88954, -73.90208

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Falls: 3.2 mi
  • The Loch: 7.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Upper Forecourt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 290°268 m16.4 mi
Beech MountainWNW 291°260 m17.5 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 289°230 m16.4 mi
Sarles HillNNE 18°216 m18.9 mi
Hook MountainN 357°214 m16.0 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 17°211 m16.0 mi
Mount NeboN 353°208 m11.1 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 290°185 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 5 mi away.

  • white snakeroot2,866 obs
  • garlic mustard1,576 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,216 obs
  • multiflora rose1,212 obs
  • northern spicebush1,086 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,071 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle1,045 obs
  • American jumpseed1,021 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357607739

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