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Shandaken Eagle

Shandaken Eagle from directly overhead

Shandaken Eagle is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south-southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Simpson Mini-Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

eagle sculpture that once decorated Grand Central Station, restored and rededicated for the Town of Shandaken in 1986

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Dedicated on Shandaken Day, Aug. 23rd, this sculpture originally stood high atop one of the towers of Grand Central Station in N.Y.C. at the turn of this century. Initially coated with white cement, the cast iron eagle was restored with a protective...
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Coordinates42.08136, -74.31760

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parish Field: 0.4 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 4.5 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 5.0 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Otter Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 29
Cliffs: 29
Artworks: 15
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Winnisook: 6.7 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle: 9.3 mi
  • The Great Knot: 14.1 mi
  • Opus 40: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Belleayre Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 19.9 mi
  • West Landing: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 20.3 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 20.5 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Rail Explorers: 0.5 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 2.7 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 16.7 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 19.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 20.2 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 7.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Shandaken Eagle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainSSW 212°1,266 m6.7 mi
Hunter MountainNE 34°1,228.34 m8.0 mi
West Kill MountainNNE 13°1,186 m6.1 mi
Cornell MountainSSW 200°1,174 m5.9 mi
Plateau MountainENE 62°1,168.91 m8.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 68°1,160 m9.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainSSW 197°1,152.75 m5.3 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNE 34°1,140 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7201831255

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