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A Quiet Moment

A Quiet Moment from directly overhead

A Quiet Moment is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Gillespie Hill stands 217 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hail Holy Queen, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In loving memory of Vincent M Litto, March 13 1919 – September 11, 2001 WTC
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.54036, -74.17089
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Hail Holy Queen: 0.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Crab: 1.5 mi
  • Vivid Chroma Locomotion: 1.6 mi
  • Carteret Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
  • Rev John C. Drumgoole: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Flag of Honor: 0.5 mi
  • Battle of the Bulge Monument: 1.7 mi
  • First County Jail: 2.5 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.5 mi
  • Site of 1st County Courthouse: 2.5 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.9 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 5.8 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 6.3 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 54
  • Todt Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.1 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.4 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Freedom Field: 12.3 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
  • The Park: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 15.5 mi
  • Palisades: 15.5 mi
  • Palisades: 17.7 mi
  • Palisades: 20.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Seele: 15.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gillespie HillNW 314°217 m24.5 mi
Mount KembleNW 311°215 m24.1 mi
Blachleys HillNW 307°204 m24.7 mi
Kinneys HillNW 317°180 m24.2 mi
Stony HillNNW 349°179 m19.2 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 339°175 m17.2 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW 282°168 m20.4 mi
Kemble MountainNW 315°166 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9259020282

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