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Hail Holy Queen

Hail Holy Queen from directly overhead

Hail Holy Queen is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Gillespie Hill stands 217 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is A Quiet Moment, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Founding Pastor Rev. Msgr. Francis M. Brennan, May 17, 1966 – July 1, 1988
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.54048, -74.17036
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • A Quiet Moment: 0.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Crab: 1.5 mi
  • Vivid Chroma Locomotion: 1.5 mi
  • Carteret Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
  • Rev John C. Drumgoole: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Flag of Honor: 0.4 mi
  • Battle of the Bulge Monument: 1.8 mi
  • First County Jail: 2.5 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.5 mi
  • Site of 1st County Courthouse: 2.5 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.9 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 5.8 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 6.3 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 54
  • Todt Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.1 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.4 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Freedom Field: 12.3 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
  • The Park: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 15.5 mi
  • Palisades: 15.5 mi
  • Palisades: 17.7 mi
  • Palisades: 20.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Seele: 15.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gillespie HillNW 314°217 m24.5 mi
Mount KembleNW 311°215 m24.1 mi
Blachleys HillNW 307°204 m24.7 mi
Kinneys HillNW 317°180 m24.2 mi
Stony HillNNW 348°179 m19.2 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 339°175 m17.2 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW 282°168 m20.4 mi
Kemble MountainNW 315°166 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9259049225

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