Artwork · New York
Horse
Horse is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Turtle Reintroduction Site, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates40.60757, -73.89740
- 15.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 0.4 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 0.6 mi
- Rookery: 1.5 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.9 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 3.9 mi
Parks
- Bergen Beach: 0.4 mi
- North Forty Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Lindower Park: 0.8 mi
- Tamarack Campground: 1.0 mi
- Wiley Post A: 1.0 mi
Museums
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 1.2 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 1.3 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 4.3 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 4.8 mi
- Weeksville Heritage Center: 4.8 mi
Gardens
- The Floyd Bennett Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Beach Grass Nursery: 1.6 mi
- Father Kehoe Triangle: 2.3 mi
- KCC Urban Farm: 2.7 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Col. John B. O'Dowd Memorial Plaque: 1.5 mi
- Dutch Heritage: 2.6 mi
- Bill Brown Post Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Power Plant 3: 3.2 mi
- Nike Silo: 3.2 mi
Beaches
- Canarsie Beach: 1.6 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 2.0 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 3.0 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 7: 3.2 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 8: 3.2 mi
Artworks
- Fisherman: 2.2 mi
- Rockaway Artists Alliance: 3.1 mi
- Postcards From Sheepshead Bay: 3.3 mi
- Brooklyn Bucolic: 3.7 mi
- Now & Then: 4.1 mi
Attractions
- Wyckoff House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 2.8 mi
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 2.8 mi
- Sharks: 4.7 mi
- Sea Cliffs: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 45
- Breeze Hill: 5.1 mi
- Willink Hill: 5.1 mi
- Lookout Hill: 5.2 mi
- Quaker Hill: 5.4 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 30
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Area F: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 12.1 mi
- Palisades: 12.9 mi
- Palisades: 14.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Palisades: 19.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.5 mi
- North Tower: 15.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Binnen Falls: 5.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.4 mi
- The Loch: 13.3 mi
- The Falls: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 19.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 308° | 179 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 299° | 175 m | 23.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 268° | 125 m | 11.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 226° | 120 m | 21.3 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 45° | 106 m | 18.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 225° | 106 m | 20.6 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 293° | 92 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bronx High Point | N 359° | 85 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12230412084
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