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Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar from directly overhead

Simón Bolívar is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is José Martí, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1921-04-19
Material
bronze
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76571, -73.97578
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Intelligence Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Temperate Territory: 0.2 mi
  • Central Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Olmsted Flower Bed: 0.3 mi
  • The Dene: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Trum Tower Public Atrium: 0.3 mi
  • 590 Madison Public Atrium: 0.3 mi
  • Paley Park: 0.4 mi
  • 30 Lincoln Plaza: 0.5 mi
  • 745 Plaza: 0.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.4 mi
  • Palisades: 3.1 mi
  • Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Palisades: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 2.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.2 mi
  • The Falls: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Simón Bolívar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 321°268 m18.3 mi
Beech MountainNW 320°260 m19.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 320°230 m18.1 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 330°224 m23.2 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m19.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 318°185 m19.8 mi
Moon HillNW 318°180 m19.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 283°179 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3053662565

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