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Jim Looking Back at Rosaleen

Jim Looking Back at Rosaleen from directly overhead

Jim Looking Back at Rosaleen is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosaleen Looking at Jim, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
"JIM LOOKING BACK AT ROSALEEN" FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF LOIS AND RICHARD NICOTRA 1998 SCULPTED BY ROBERT ST. CROIX

How to reach it

Coordinates40.61572, -74.17345

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Pondside Greene Park: 0.3 mi
  • The Corporate Park of Staten Island: 0.4 mi
  • Jennifer's Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Father Macris Park: 0.6 mi
  • Joseph Manna Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Park Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Fox Hills: 5.1 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 12
  • Hawk Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Palisades: 11.1 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
  • Palisades: 16.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 11.4 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Jim Looking Back at Rosaleen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 314°295.7 m23.2 mi
Mine MountainWNW 288°251 m23.8 mi
Sugar LoafWNW 301°229 m21.8 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 304°217 m21.1 mi
Mount KembleWNW 300°215 m21.0 mi
Blachleys HillWNW 297°204 m21.8 mi
Kinneys HillNW 307°180 m20.6 mi
Stony HillNNW 345°179 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:33

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12018775022

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