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Crescendo

Crescendo from directly overhead

Crescendo is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is North 5th Street Pier and Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.6 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.72062, -73.96551
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Lounge Screw Conveyor: 0.4 mi
  • Bucket Conveyor: 0.5 mi
  • Deluge of Movement: 0.6 mi
  • #saytheirname: 0.7 mi
  • Prayer: 0.8 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Zohramp: 1.1 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 1.1 mi
  • Anarchy 99: 1.1 mi
  • Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 1.2 mi
  • Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • Laurel Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 3.6 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 4.5 mi
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.9 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • The Loch: 5.1 mi
  • The Falls: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crescendo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m21.1 mi
Beech MountainNW 324°260 m22.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 324°230 m20.9 mi
Mount NeboN 5°208 m22.8 mi
Poacher PeakNW 323°185 m22.5 mi
Moon HillNW 323°180 m22.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 294°179 m15.9 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 282°175 m17.3 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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8086416849

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