Our Gates
Our Gates is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Portrait of t., a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The Art Students League of New York works with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation to present artworks in Riverside Park.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Portrait of t.: 0.0 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.2 mi
- Welcome to Harlem: 0.8 mi
- Rolling Benches: 1.1 mi
- Rolling Benches: 1.1 mi
- Ten Mile River Playground: 0.1 mi
- Riverbank State Park: 0.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.2 mi
- Alexander Hamilton Playground: 0.4 mi
- Johnny Hartman Square: 0.4 mi
- Mo' Pals: 0.3 mi
- Maggie's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Frank White Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Riverside Valley Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Hope Steven Garden: 0.4 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.5 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.5 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.0 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.4 mi
- Joker Stairs: 1.7 mi
- Riverside Drive: 0.5 mi
- Riverside Drive: 0.5 mi
- Riverside Drive West: 0.5 mi
- Saint Nicholas Avenue: 0.6 mi
- Saint Nicholas Avenue: 0.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 5.4 mi
- Palisades: 7.5 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.7 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.9 mi
- Great Hill: 2.2 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.8 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.1 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.7 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.7 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 4.1 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.7 mi
- Street Seats: 5.4 mi
- The Backyard: 6.2 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.5 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- The Loch: 2.3 mi
- The Falls: 7.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Our Gates. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 308° | 268 m | 16.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 307° | 260 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 307° | 230 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 5° | 208 m | 15.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 306° | 185 m | 17.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 306° | 180 m | 17.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 266° | 179 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WSW 258° | 175 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11910527210
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 3 mi
- Bronx · 4 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
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