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Jesus the Beggar

Jesus the Beggar from directly overhead

Jesus the Beggar is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Zerospace, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016-05
Material
bronze
Inscription
Whatever you did for one of my least brothers or sisters, you did for me. Matthew 25:40
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.74864, -73.99069
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.2 mi
  • Palisades: 2.8 mi
  • Palisades: 4.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 6.4 mi
  • Palisades: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 3.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
  • The Falls: 12.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Jesus the Beggar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m18.8 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 306°263 m23.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 324°260 m19.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 324°230 m18.5 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 333°224 m23.8 mi
Mount NeboN 9°208 m21.0 mi
Poacher PeakNW 322°185 m20.2 mi
Moon HillNW 322°180 m19.9 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12913616449

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