- Elevation, modelled
- 3 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 21.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Palisades Scenic Byway10.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7053, -74.0024
Ambrose is a attraction in New York, at a modelled 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Wavertree, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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Wikidata Q7890707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Built
- 1907
- Operated by
- South Street Seaport Museum
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ambrose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 331° | 268 m | 21.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 312° | 263 m | 24.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 329° | 260 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 330° | 230 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 24.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 328° | 185 m | 22.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 328° | 180 m | 22.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 300° | 179 m | 14.6 mi |
- 10.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 10.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.6 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Wavertree: 0.0 mi
- South Street Seaport: 0.0 mi
- PIER 17: 0.1 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 0.5 mi
Museums
- South Street Seaport Museum: 0.1 mi
- Museum of American Finance: 0.4 mi
- Fraunces Tavern Museum: 0.5 mi
- Brooklyn Historical Society: 0.6 mi
- MĒRCER LABS: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 0.6 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.6 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.0 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 60
- Grassy Hill: 1.7 mi
- Slide Hill: 1.7 mi
- Outlook Hill: 1.7 mi
- Discovery Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 3.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.6 mi
- The Loch: 6.6 mi
- The Falls: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 18.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
- National Register of Historic Places — AMBROSE (lightship), reference 84002758, listed 09/07/84.
- OpenStreetMap record
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata
- Official site
- National Register of Historic Places, reference 84002758
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 1 mi
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