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Washington Avenue Park

Washington Avenue Park from directly overhead

Washington Avenue Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 22 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69028, -73.48609

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Nottinghill Park M-8: 0.6 mi
  • North Oak Park M-7: 0.7 mi
  • Twin Lane East Playground: 0.7 mi
  • North Pine Park M-6: 0.8 mi
  • Greenwood Park M-5: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens
  • Roosevelt Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Garden of Hope: 5.4 mi
  • Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 5.4 mi
  • The Sustainable Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Garden of Pines: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Sycamore: 5.2 mi
  • Birches: 5.2 mi
  • Black Pine: 5.2 mi
  • South Maples: 5.5 mi
  • Cedars: 5.5 mi
Peaks: 16
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • The Falls: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washington Avenue Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNNE 20°122 m9.2 mi
West HillsNNE 18°106 m9.1 mi
Harbor HillNW 313°106 m11.0 mi
Dix HillsNE 38°92 m11.2 mi
Signal HillNE 35°90 m10.6 mi
Mannetto HillsNNE 12°85 m7.6 mi
Queens High PointWNW 291°79.2 m13.1 mi
Half Hollow HillsNE 42°77 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2419:4820:29
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4716:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353642516171777669584840
Precip in3.32.84.13.83.33.83.23.73.63.73.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wantagh Cedar Creek, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard289 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush266 obs
  • multiflora rose209 obs
  • eastern poison ivy190 obs
  • black cherry185 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle180 obs
  • sassafras171 obs
  • roundleaf greenbrier171 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 way/786963628

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