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Akua

Akua from directly overhead

Akua is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 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.

The record

What the record says

Built
2025-05-06
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Public Art Fund

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.70248, -73.99635
Around it

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
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
Artworks
Nature reserves
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
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
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m21.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 329°260 m22.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m21.0 mi
Mount NeboN 9°208 m24.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 328°185 m22.6 mi
Moon HillNNW 328°180 m22.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m15.0 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12860605930

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