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For Chris

For Chris from directly overhead

For Chris is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mozart’s Birthday, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
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Coordinates41.42191, -74.06425

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Frog Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Black Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Deer Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Honey Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Misery: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Roe Park: 2.8 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 6.9 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 7.0 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 7.7 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 7.8 mi
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.0 mi
  • Hell Hole: 7.7 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 11.9 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 16.4 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Haldane School Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 6.5 mi
  • West Coast: 13.2 mi
  • Las Vegas: 13.2 mi
  • Middle America: 13.2 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 33
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 10.7 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 11.0 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 12.7 mi
  • Rogue Riders: 13.1 mi
  • LEGO Build-A-Boat: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 13
Waterfalls: 11
  • LG waterfall: 18.6 mi
  • Verkeerderkill Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of For Chris. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schunnemunk MountainSW 232°507 m3.4 mi
South Beacon MountainENE 56°491 m7.5 mi
North Beacon MountainNE 53°465 m7.7 mi
Lambs HillNE 54°454 m8.7 mi
Spy RockSE 134°441 m3.1 mi
Bull HillENE 79°433 m5.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 122°429 m3.5 mi
Crows NestESE 102°429 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2015:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12177324035

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