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Consciousness

Consciousness from directly overhead

Consciousness is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Arrival, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.0 miles off.

What the record says

Material
steel

How to reach it

Coordinates40.75131, -73.96601

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.2 mi
  • Palisades: 4.1 mi
  • Palisades: 4.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.8 mi
  • Palisades: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 3.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.2 mi
  • The Falls: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Consciousness. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 321°268 m19.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 320°260 m20.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m19.2 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m20.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m20.9 mi
Moon HillNW 319°180 m20.6 mi
Stony HillWNW 286°179 m15.1 mi
Mayapple HillW 275°175 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10997745556

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