- Elevation, modelled
- 12 m
- Tallest summit within 23.6 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 20.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway5.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7549, -73.9219
Rocket is a artwork in New York, at a modelled 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Rocket. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 316° | 268 m | 20.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 315° | 260 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 315° | 230 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 359° | 208 m | 20.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 314° | 185 m | 22.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 314° | 180 m | 22.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 283° | 179 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 274° | 175 m | 19.2 mi |
- 5.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 23.3 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Rocket: 0.0 mi
- Bear: 0.0 mi
- Athena: 0.9 mi
- Welcome to Queens: 0.9 mi
- P.S. 17Q: 0.9 mi
Parks
- Playground Thirty Five XXXV: 0.0 mi
- A.R.R.O.W. Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Dwyer Square: 0.4 mi
- Sean's Place: 0.4 mi
- Fagan Square: 0.5 mi
Museums
- Museum of the Moving Image: 0.1 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 0.1 mi
- The Noguchi Museum: 1.2 mi
- MoMA PS1: 1.5 mi
- Underpenny Museum Antique & Collectables: 1.9 mi
Gardens
- 45th Street Composters: 0.6 mi
- Moore Jackson Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Hellsgate Farms: 1.0 mi
- Farm on other side of BQE: 1.2 mi
- Farm on hill by BQE: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- Gelasio Reyes: 0.7 mi
- Site of the Sunnyside Garden Arena: 0.8 mi
- Doughboy, WWI vets: 0.9 mi
- 9/11 woodside firefighters memorial: 0.9 mi
- Ghost Bike: 1.5 mi
Attractions
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 1.2 mi
- Historical landmark from 1877: 1.4 mi
- Blackwell House: 1.6 mi
- Roosevelt Island Sign: 1.7 mi
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 1.9 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.0 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.3 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 1.7 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 2.0 mi
- Vista Rock: 3.0 mi
- Summit Rock: 3.2 mi
- Great Hill: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- Bird Island: 5.7 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Street Seats: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.6 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Palisades: 5.2 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Palisades: 6.4 mi
- Palisades: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Loch: 3.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.9 mi
- The Falls: 10.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 22.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 23.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 19.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 3 mi
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