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Mastodon

Mastodon from directly overhead

Mastodon is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mother Carter Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
concrete
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.67464, -73.78887
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
  • Frog: 0.3 mi
  • Frog: 0.3 mi
  • Frog: 0.3 mi
  • Frog: 0.3 mi
  • Frog: 0.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 48
  • Queens High Point: 6.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 6.9 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Willink Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area D: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.5 mi
  • Palisades: 13.8 mi
  • Palisades: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 17.0 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.6 mi
  • The Loch: 12.2 mi
  • The Falls: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillWSW 253°125 m17.8 mi
Jayne's HillENE 63°122 m21.4 mi
Harbor HillNE 42°106 m11.6 mi
West HillsENE 62°106 m21.1 mi
Dix HillsENE 66°92 m24.8 mi
Signal HillENE 66°90 m24.1 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 339°85 m16.6 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 64°85 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10573114111

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