Park · New York
Vincent Daniels Square
Vincent Daniels Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is John Downing Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 30 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.74412, -73.91348
- 5.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 8.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- John Downing Park: 0.0 mi
- Joe Sabba Park: 0.1 mi
- Steinman Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Windmuller Park: 0.3 mi
- Doughboy Plaza: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 woodside firefighters memorial: 0.3 mi
- Doughboy, WWI vets: 0.3 mi
- Site of the Sunnyside Garden Arena: 0.3 mi
- Gelasio Reyes: 0.7 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- 45th Street Composters: 0.3 mi
- Moore Jackson Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- New Roots Community Garden Queens: 0.9 mi
- New Roots Community Garden Queens: 0.9 mi
- Farm on other side of BQE: 1.0 mi
Attractions
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 0.4 mi
- Historical landmark from 1877: 1.7 mi
- Blackwell House: 2.3 mi
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 2.3 mi
- Roosevelt Island Sign: 2.3 mi
Artworks
- Bear: 0.9 mi
- Rocket: 0.9 mi
- Rocket: 0.9 mi
- Mahbuhay: 0.9 mi
- Surreal Elevator: 1.2 mi
Museums
- Museum of the Moving Image: 1.0 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 1.0 mi
- MoMA PS1: 1.8 mi
- The Noguchi Museum: 2.0 mi
- Underpenny Museum Antique & Collectables: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 1.1 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 1.2 mi
- Vista Rock: 3.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 4.0 mi
- Great Hill: 4.4 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.9 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 5.6 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
- Bird Island: 5.6 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.8 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Street Seats: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.5 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Palisades: 5.9 mi
- Palisades: 6.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Loch: 4.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.5 mi
- The Falls: 10.7 mi
Lighthouses: 10
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 22.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 22.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Vincent Daniels Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 317° | 268 m | 21.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 316° | 260 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 316° | 230 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 358° | 208 m | 21.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 315° | 185 m | 23.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 315° | 180 m | 22.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 285° | 179 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 276° | 175 m | 19.7 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 | 18:19 | 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 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven825 obs
- Rock Pigeon337 obs
- common mugwort321 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly266 obs
- House Sparrow249 obs
- Mourning Dove175 obs
- northern seaside goldenrod167 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel159 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/143928484
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- Queens/Jackson Heights · 1 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 3 mi
- Queens · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
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