Park · New York
Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Margaret Loeb Kempner, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1871
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.73085, -73.99768
- 8.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Margaret Loeb Kempner: 0.0 mi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.0 mi
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia: 0.2 mi
- Time Landscape: 0.3 mi
- Bust of Sylvette: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- Alexander Lyman Holley Monument: 0.0 mi
- Washington Square Arch: 0.0 mi
- The Triangle Fire Memorial: 0.1 mi
- San Remo Cafe: 0.2 mi
- Emma Lazarus: 0.2 mi
Attractions
- Hangman's Elm: 0.1 mi
- Mark Twain House: 0.2 mi
- La de forest house: 0.2 mi
- Gay Street: 0.2 mi
- Colonnade row: 0.3 mi
Museums
- Center for Architecture: 0.2 mi
- The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation: 0.2 mi
- Merchant's House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of African Art: 0.4 mi
- The Ukrainian Museum: 0.5 mi
Parks
- West Fourth Street Courts: 0.2 mi
- Minetta Green: 0.2 mi
- Minetta Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Father Demo Square: 0.2 mi
- Little Red Square: 0.3 mi
Gardens
- Golden Swan Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sasaki Garden: 0.2 mi
- Winston Churchill Square Garden: 0.3 mi
- The New School (Lang College) Park: 0.3 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.3 mi
Beaches
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.9 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.9 mi
- Bird Island: 2.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.0 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.0 mi
Peaks
- Kings Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.3 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.4 mi
- Discovery Hill: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.5 mi
- Street Seats: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.0 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 3.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 4.8 mi
- The Loch: 4.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.1 mi
- The Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 19.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Washington Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 268 m | 19.6 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 308° | 268 m | 24.8 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 309° | 263 m | 23.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 326° | 260 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 327° | 230 m | 19.3 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NNW 327° | 219 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 10° | 208 m | 22.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 325° | 185 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon4,086 obs
- House Sparrow1,854 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,660 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,425 obs
- Western Honey Bee1,377 obs
- European Starling1,112 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,103 obs
- White-throated Sparrow1,025 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/22899302
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