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The Ram

The Ram from directly overhead

The Ram is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Rescue Dog, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.75435, -73.42878

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • 9/11 Rescue Dog: 0.1 mi
  • Pray Mantis: 0.2 mi
  • St Kilian Statue: 1.7 mi
  • Bearer of Peace: 2.2 mi
  • Evening Transit, Hempstead Plains: 5.3 mi
Gardens
  • Garden of Hope: 0.1 mi
  • Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • The Sustainable Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Complex III: 1.2 mi
  • Garden of Pines: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • The Ellipse: 0.2 mi
  • The Mall: 0.2 mi
  • The Great Lawn: 0.3 mi
  • Battle Row Campground: 1.3 mi
  • Battle Row Campground: 1.3 mi
Museums
  • Long Island Fair Exhibition Hall: 1.4 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center: 1.4 mi
  • American Airpower Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration: 1.7 mi
  • Museum of American Armor: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Pineridge Park: 1.6 mi
  • West Hills Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Paumanok Wetlands Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.7 mi
  • Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Picnic sites: 27
  • Picnic Area A & B: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.9 mi
  • Birches: 7.6 mi
  • Black Pine: 7.7 mi
  • Sycamore: 7.9 mi
Peaks: 21
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • The Falls: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Ram. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillN 2°122 m4.2 mi
West HillsN 358°106 m4.3 mi
Harbor HillWNW 286°106 m11.5 mi
Dix HillsNE 42°92 m5.9 mi
Signal HillNE 36°90 m5.3 mi
Mannetto HillsNNW 334°85 m3.3 mi
Queens High PointW 271°79.2 m15.2 mi
Half Hollow HillsNE 54°77 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:29
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323440506069757467564638
Precip in2.72.03.53.63.23.43.13.33.73.42.93.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmingdale Republic AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10025366559

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