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OY/YO

OY/YO from directly overhead

OY/YO is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Brooklyn Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
aluminium
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.67167, -73.96358
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens
  • Osborne Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Ginkgo Allée: 0.1 mi
  • Woodland Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Lilac Collection: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.9 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 50
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.4 mi
  • Palisades: 9.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.2 mi
  • Palisades: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.8 mi
  • The Loch: 8.5 mi
  • The Falls: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m24.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m23.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 304°179 m17.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 293°175 m18.4 mi
Packanack MountainNW 321°144 m23.1 mi
Riker HillWNW 297°134 m21.3 mi
Todt HillWSW 238°125 m9.3 mi
Crawford HillSSW 211°120 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7223524329

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