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Shadows and Flags

Shadows and Flags from directly overhead

Shadows and Flags is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Louise Nevelson Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70777, -74.00807
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Grassy Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.1 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 7.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.9 mi
  • The Loch: 6.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Shadows and Flags. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 331°268 m20.7 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 313°263 m24.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 330°260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 331°230 m20.4 mi
Mount NeboN 10°208 m24.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 329°185 m22.0 mi
Moon HillNNW 329°180 m21.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m14.3 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 °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3738928755

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