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William F Moore Park

William F Moore Park from directly overhead

William F Moore Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Domestic Animals, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
16 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.74363, -73.85544

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.4 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Janes Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Mount Morris: 6.2 mi
  • Vista Rock: 6.4 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 19
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 8.4 mi
  • Palisades: 8.9 mi
  • Palisades: 9.8 mi
  • Palisades: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • The Loch: 6.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • The Falls: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of William F Moore Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 311°268 m23.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 311°230 m23.6 mi
Mount NeboN 350°208 m21.4 mi
Stony HillWNW 283°179 m20.8 mi
Mayapple HillW 275°175 m22.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNNE 13°156 m22.9 mi
Kykuit HillN 1°147 m23.9 mi
Packanack MountainWNW 303°144 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.

  • tree-of-heaven418 obs
  • Rock Pigeon322 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel231 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly216 obs
  • Mallard208 obs
  • House Sparrow203 obs
  • American Robin182 obs
  • European Starling164 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/382243432

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