- Elevation, modelled
- 1 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 21.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Palisades Scenic Byway10.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7025, -73.9964
Akua is a artwork in New York, at a modelled 1 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pier 1, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Built
- 2025-05-06
- Material
- metal
- Operated by
- Public Art Fund
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Akua. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 330° | 268 m | 21.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 329° | 260 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 330° | 230 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 24.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 328° | 185 m | 22.6 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 328° | 180 m | 22.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 300° | 179 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 288° | 175 m | 16.0 mi |
- 10.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 10.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.5 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Pier 1: 0.0 mi
- Squibb Park: 0.1 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge Park: 0.1 mi
- Hillside Dog Park: 0.1 mi
- Harry Chapin Playground: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
- Brookland Ferry Landing: 0.1 mi
- Henry Ward Beecher: 0.3 mi
- William Jay Gaynor: 0.4 mi
- Brooklyn War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Titanic Memorial Lighthouse: 0.5 mi
Attractions
- Brooklyn Bridge: 0.2 mi
- Brooklyn Flea: 0.2 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 0.2 mi
- Jane's Carousel: 0.2 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.3 mi
Gardens
- Max Family Garden: 0.2 mi
- Carousel Bioswale: 0.2 mi
- Juneteenth Grove: 0.5 mi
- Robert Wagner Greenstreet: 0.6 mi
- Bridge Plaza Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Museums
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 0.3 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.4 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.7 mi
Artworks
- Turning Stone: 0.3 mi
- Walk-in Kaleidoscope: 0.3 mi
- Fat Boy: 0.5 mi
- Shadow Garden: 0.5 mi
- Unity: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Bird Island: 0.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.8 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 58
- Grassy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Slide Hill: 1.8 mi
- Outlook Hill: 1.8 mi
- Discovery Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 0.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 0.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.3 mi
- Street Seats: 4.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 3.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.8 mi
- Palisades: 7.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Palisades: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 3.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.2 mi
- The Loch: 6.7 mi
- The Falls: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 18.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi
| 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).
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 1 mi
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