The Light of the World
The Light of the World is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is H F Redmond Junior Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.
In Memory of The Most Reverend Michael Augustine Corrigan The Archbishop of New York Founder of St. Joesph's Seminary
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 3.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- H F Redmond Junior Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Bregano Park: 0.9 mi
- Sunnybrook Park: 0.9 mi
- Tibbetts Brook Park: 0.9 mi
- James L. Fleming Park: 1.0 mi
- Bronxville Giving Garden: 1.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 2.8 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 3.7 mi
- Pure Love Organic Farms: 3.7 mi
- PS24 Garden: 4.0 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 1.8 mi
- 242 St. station: 2.0 mi
- Water Music: 2.1 mi
- Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 2.3 mi
- Farragut Monument: 2.7 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 1.9 mi
- Westchester Lenoir Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 3.4 mi
- Sprain Ridge Park: 3.6 mi
- Ravensdale Woods: 3.7 mi
- Bethlahem Plaque: 2.0 mi
- Alfred B. DelBello: 2.1 mi
- World War Veterans Monument: 2.2 mi
- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite: 2.7 mi
- Riverdale 9-11 Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
- Trevor Park: 2.3 mi
- Stumpery: 2.7 mi
- Temple of Love: 2.7 mi
- Cherry Bowl: 2.7 mi
- Rock and Stream Garden: 2.7 mi
- Hudson River Museum: 2.4 mi
- Marble School House: 2.8 mi
- Glyndor Gallery: 3.4 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 3.8 mi
- Thomas Paine Cottage and Museum: 3.8 mi
- Vault Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bronx High Point: 3.1 mi
- Tetards Hill: 4.4 mi
- Marble Hill: 4.5 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 4.5 mi
- The Palisades: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Palisades: 10.7 mi
- Huylers Beach: 3.3 mi
- Canoe Beach: 4.4 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.9 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 5.1 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 5.2 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 3.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 9.6 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 10.2 mi
- Area B: 12.3 mi
- The Falls: 3.2 mi
- The Loch: 10.6 mi
- Great Falls: 16.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 17.2 mi
- Farms Falls: 18.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 17.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 17.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of The Light of the World. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | W 279° | 268 m | 17.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | W 280° | 260 m | 18.7 mi |
| High Tor | NNW 343° | 244 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | W 278° | 230 m | 17.7 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 343° | 220 m | 18.5 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NNE 17° | 219 m | 17.3 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NNE 15° | 216 m | 15.6 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNW 348° | 214 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5263085401
Day trips start here
- Yonkers · 1 mi
- Bronxville · 2 mi
- Mount Vernon · 2 mi
- Eastchester · 3 mi
- Pelham · 3 mi
- Tuckahoe · 3 mi
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