Artwork · New York
Flight
Flight is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Elmjack Little League, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1950
How to reach it
Coordinates40.77362, -73.88582
- 3.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 6.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Elmjack Little League: 0.3 mi
- Planeview Park: 0.4 mi
- Carlos Lillo Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Paul Raimonda Playground: 0.6 mi
- Jackson Mill Green: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Gorman Playground Plaque: 0.8 mi
- Flight 587 November 12 2001 memorial: 1.9 mi
- World War 1: 2.0 mi
- General Slocum Disaster: 2.0 mi
Artworks
- Lucky: 1.0 mi
- Columbus: 1.7 mi
- 3 Squirrels: 1.9 mi
- Athena: 2.0 mi
- The Healer’s Touch: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden: 1.1 mi
- 97th Street Block Association Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Farm on other side of BQE: 1.5 mi
- Farm on hill by BQE: 1.5 mi
- Moore Jackson Community Garden: 1.7 mi
Museums
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 1.8 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 2.3 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 2.3 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 2.5 mi
- The Noguchi Museum: 2.8 mi
Attractions
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 2.5 mi
- Rocket Park: 2.5 mi
- Owl: 2.7 mi
- Aviary: 2.7 mi
- Canadian Lynx: 2.7 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.6 mi
- Hazard Beach: 6.7 mi
- Parsons Beach: 6.9 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 7.1 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 3.0 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 3.0 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.6 mi
- Mount Morris: 3.7 mi
- Great Hill: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.3 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.0 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Virginia Point: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Palisades: 6.0 mi
- Palisades: 7.1 mi
- Palisades: 8.5 mi
- Palisades: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Loch: 4.1 mi
- The Falls: 8.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 310° | 268 m | 21.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 310° | 260 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 309° | 230 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 354° | 208 m | 19.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 309° | 180 m | 22.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 278° | 179 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 270° | 175 m | 21.1 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNE 18° | 156 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13828164341
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- Queens/Jackson Heights · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 3 mi
- Bronx · 4 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 4 mi
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