- Elevation, modelled
- 11 m
- Tallest summit within 22.8 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 20.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway4.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7676, -73.9225
Athena is a artwork in New York, at a modelled 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Athens Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.7 miles off.
- Material
- metal
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Athena. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 314° | 268 m | 20.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 314° | 260 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 314° | 230 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 359° | 208 m | 19.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 313° | 185 m | 21.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 313° | 180 m | 21.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 280° | 179 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 271° | 175 m | 19.1 mi |
- 4.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 6.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 22.6 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Athens Square: 0.0 mi
- Columbus Square: 0.3 mi
- Van Alst Playground: 0.4 mi
- Triborough Bridge Playground E: 0.4 mi
- Hoyt Playground: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- P.S. 17Q: 0.0 mi
- Welcome to Queens: 0.0 mi
- Columbus: 0.3 mi
- Welling Court Mural Project: 0.5 mi
- Q100: 0.6 mi
Gardens
- Hellsgate Farms: 0.4 mi
- Two Coves Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Moore Jackson Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Roosevelt Island Garden Club: 1.2 mi
- 45th Street Composters: 1.5 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 0.7 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.6 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 6.2 mi
Museums
- Museum of the Moving Image: 0.8 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 0.8 mi
- The Noguchi Museum: 0.8 mi
- Garbage museum: 1.7 mi
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- World War 1: 0.8 mi
- General Slocum Disaster: 0.8 mi
- Flight 587 November 12 2001 memorial: 1.0 mi
- Gelasio Reyes: 1.5 mi
- Doughboy, WWI vets: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Blackwell House: 1.6 mi
- Roosevelt Island Sign: 1.8 mi
- Historical landmark from 1877: 1.9 mi
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 1.9 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 2.2 mi
Peaks
- Vista Rock: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.7 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.8 mi
- Great Hill: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.3 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.8 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Bird Island: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Street Seats: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Palisades: 5.2 mi
- Palisades: 6.5 mi
- Palisades: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Loch: 2.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.8 mi
- The Falls: 9.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 24.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 2 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 2 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 3 mi
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