Manhattan High Point
Manhattan High Point rises to 81 m in New York. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennett Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Highest natural point of elevation of Manhattan Island and Borough.
Wikidata Q136723636, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 81 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bennett Park: 0.0 mi
- Fort Washington Park: 0.2 mi
- Plaza Lafayette: 0.2 mi
- Gorman Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Jacob K. Javits Playground: 0.5 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 7.9 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 0.4 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 0.5 mi
- Columnade: 0.7 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 0.9 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 1.7 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 0.9 mi
- Trie Cloister: 0.9 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 0.9 mi
- Riley-Levin Children's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 0.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.1 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 1.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 1.8 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 2.0 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 2.3 mi
- Joker Stairs: 1.4 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 2.1 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 2.1 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 2.5 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 0.9 mi
- Inwood Hill: 1.6 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 2.1 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.2 mi
- Tetards Hill: 2.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Palisades: 2.7 mi
- The Palisades: 6.8 mi
- Thor: 14.1 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 14.1 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.3 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.6 mi
- Street Seats: 7.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- The Backyard: 7.3 mi
- Fort Washington Marker: 0.0 mi
- George Washington Bicentennial Tree Marker: 0.0 mi
- Emilio Barbosa Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Cabrini Boulevard: 0.1 mi
- Broadway: 0.2 mi
- The Loch: 4.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.3 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Manhattan High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 301° | 268 m | 15.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 301° | 260 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 300° | 230 m | 15.7 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 316° | 224 m | 19.5 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 3° | 214 m | 18.5 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 20° | 211 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 3° | 208 m | 13.6 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 300° | 185 m | 17.5 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 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/765251405
Day trips start here
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Englewood · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 5 mi
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