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Opus 40

Opus 40 from directly overhead

Opus 40 is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Plateau Mountain stands 1,169 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The Query Family, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1939
Material
dry_stone
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.05148, -74.03203

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • High Woods Multiple Use Area: 1.7 mi
  • Esopus Bend Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
  • Saugerties Public Beach Park: 4.4 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 4.4 mi
  • Donlon Park: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 56
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.3 mi
Museums: 35
Cliffs: 32
  • Ministers Face: 3.4 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 5.1 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 5.3 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 6.1 mi
  • Trap Cliff: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 24
Beaches: 21
  • Saugerties Beach: 4.3 mi
  • West Landing: 5.4 mi
  • South Landing: 5.4 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Blithewood Garden: 6.2 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 6.3 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Ellipse: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Hudson River Cruises: 9.6 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 13.0 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 13.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 14.1 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 14.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 12.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Opus 40. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plateau MountainNW 309°1,168.91 m9.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNW 312°1,160 m8.2 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNW 305°1,140 m13.3 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNW 342°1,113.13 m8.0 mi
Twin MountainNW 316°1,112.52 m7.1 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNW 314°1,085 m6.7 mi
Indian Head MountainNW 317°1,083 m6.2 mi
Roundtop MountainNNW 338°1,056.13 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2119:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 01000238OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/232589109

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