Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Central Stones, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 2.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Grand Central Stones: 0.4 mi
- Van Cortlandt Station ruins: 0.6 mi
- World War Veterans Monument: 0.7 mi
- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite: 0.9 mi
- Riverdale 9-11 Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Vault Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bronx High Point: 1.1 mi
- Marble Hill: 1.8 mi
- Tetards Hill: 1.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 2.0 mi
- Orloff Plaza Train Park: 0.7 mi
- Rita Ley Triangle: 0.7 mi
- Fort Independence Park: 0.9 mi
- Jerome Park: 0.9 mi
- The Quadrangle: 1.0 mi
- Coyote: 0.9 mi
- Farragut Monument: 0.9 mi
- Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 1.0 mi
- 242 St. station: 1.1 mi
- Bruce Lee Mural: 2.1 mi
- Parking: 1.0 mi
- Tillotson Steps: 2.4 mi
- Birds of Prey: 2.7 mi
- Madagascar!: 2.7 mi
- Monkey House: 2.7 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 1.0 mi
- Glyndor Gallery: 1.6 mi
- Steere Herbarium: 1.7 mi
- Poe Cottage: 1.9 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 2.7 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 1.4 mi
- The Bainbridge Avenue Garden: 1.4 mi
- Pure Love Organic Farms: 1.5 mi
- PS24 Garden: 1.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.5 mi
- Canoe Beach: 2.8 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.0 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.1 mi
- Huylers Beach: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.0 mi
- The Palisades: 4.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.5 mi
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 3.9 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 4.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.6 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 5.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 4.3 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.7 mi
- Street Seats: 10.4 mi
- The Backyard: 11.0 mi
- The Falls: 2.3 mi
- The Loch: 7.8 mi
- Great Falls: 15.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 16.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 16.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 8.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 19.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 21.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Van Cortlandt Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 288° | 268 m | 17.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 289° | 260 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 287° | 230 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NNE 16° | 216 m | 18.5 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 354° | 214 m | 15.9 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 14° | 211 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 348° | 208 m | 11.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 289° | 185 m | 19.0 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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.
- white snakeroot3,712 obs
- lesser celandine2,536 obs
- common mugwort2,141 obs
- garlic mustard1,556 obs
- multiflora rose1,169 obs
- Porcelain Berry1,058 obs
- Amur honeysuckle991 obs
- Asian bittersweet943 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/56384794
Day trips start here
- Mount Vernon · 3 mi
- Bronx · 4 mi
- Bronxville · 4 mi
- Pelham · 4 mi
- Yonkers · 4 mi
- Englewood · 5 mi
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