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Mackay Horse Tamer

Mackay Horse Tamer from directly overhead

Mackay Horse Tamer is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Roslyn Heights Public Mall, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
marble
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.79159, -73.63924

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roslyn Heights Public Mall: 0.2 mi
  • Donald Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • East Park: 0.6 mi
  • Gerry Park: 0.6 mi
  • The Park at East Hills: 0.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Clark Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Formal Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Knole Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Harry Tappen Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.9 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 4.0 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 37
  • Lindens B: 5.3 mi
  • West Lindens: 5.3 mi
  • Lindens A: 5.3 mi
  • North Maples: 5.3 mi
  • Cedars: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 12.5 mi
  • The Loch: 16.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 16.9 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Mackay Horse Tamer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 338°211 m23.8 mi
Mount NeboNW 320°208 m23.3 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 343°180 m22.7 mi
Round HillN 355°172 m21.6 mi
Cooney HillNNW 347°170 m21.9 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 342°156 m20.0 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 333°147 m23.2 mi
Beaver HillNNW 333°140 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/863694101

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