Artwork · New York
Adam
Adam is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
Coordinates41.42928, -74.05796
- 13.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 22 mi
- Hawkwatch · 22 mi
- High Exposure · 23 mi
- Beacon Hill · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Lookout: 0.0 mi
- Six Lines in a T: 0.1 mi
- Two Planes Vertical-Horizontal II: 0.1 mi
- Five Open Squares Gyratory: 0.1 mi
- Endless Column: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Laurel Crest Park: 0.9 mi
- Moodna Creek Waterway Access: 1.4 mi
- Sands Ring Park: 1.5 mi
- Monument Park: 1.7 mi
- Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Town of Cornwall Community Emergency Services: 1.2 mi
- Sands Ring Homestead Museum: 1.6 mi
- River Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
- Edward Payson Roe: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Frog Hill: 2.1 mi
- Deer Hill: 2.3 mi
- Black Rock: 2.4 mi
- Honey Hill: 2.7 mi
- Whitehorse Mountain: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Roe Park: 2.3 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 6.9 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 7.0 mi
- Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 7.6 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 7.7 mi
Cliffs
- Eagle Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Hell Hole: 8.0 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 12.4 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 17.0 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 47
- Haldane School Garden: 5.4 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 6.3 mi
- West Coast: 13.6 mi
- Las Vegas: 13.6 mi
- Middle America: 13.6 mi
Museums: 39
- Hudson Highlands Outdoor Discovery Center: 1.3 mi
- Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Outdoor Discovery Campus: 1.3 mi
- Edmonston House: 1.7 mi
- Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Wildlife Education Campus: 2.2 mi
- National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: 2.9 mi
Attractions: 32
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 11.1 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 11.3 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 13.3 mi
- Rogue Riders: 13.6 mi
- Ocean Explorer: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 12
- Canopus Beach: 12.4 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 13.4 mi
- Brick Beach: 13.9 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 15.2 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- LG waterfall: 18.0 mi
- Verkeerderkill Falls: 22.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 22.7 mi
- Awosting Falls: 23.0 mi
- Peter's Kill Falls: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Doodletown: 9.4 mi
- Dicktown: 15.0 mi
- Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District: 22.5 mi
- Monksville: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Wallkill Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Princess circle picnic site: 13.9 mi
- Kakiat Park: 19.8 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Adam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schunnemunk Mountain | SW 229° | 507 m | 4.0 mi |
| South Beacon Mountain | ENE 58° | 491 m | 6.9 mi |
| North Beacon Mountain | NE 55° | 465 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | NE 55° | 456 m | 8.8 mi |
| Lambs Hill | NE 56° | 454 m | 8.1 mi |
| Spy Rock | SE 144° | 441 m | 3.3 mi |
| Bull Hill | E 83° | 433 m | 5.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SE 132° | 429 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5041583858
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 5 mi
- Highlands · 7 mi
- Stony Point · 14 mi
- Putnam County · 16 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 18 mi
- Rockland County · 19 mi
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