Bethesda Fountain
Bethesda Fountain is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Navy Walk Tablet, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
two architectural features overlooking The Lake in New York City's Central Park
Wikidata Q532029, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1873-05-31
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Navy Walk Tablet: 0.0 mi
- Memorial Tree World War 1917-1918: 0.2 mi
- Marc Haas Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Strawberry Fields: 0.2 mi
- Richard Morris Hunt: 0.2 mi
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller: 0.1 mi
- Ludwig van Beethoven: 0.1 mi
- Victor Herbert: 0.1 mi
- Snow Babies: 0.1 mi
- Mother Goose: 0.1 mi
- Bow Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Archibald’s Townhouse: 0.3 mi
- Central Park Carousel: 0.4 mi
- Snow Leopard: 0.4 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 0.4 mi
- Nell Singer Lilac Walk: 0.2 mi
- The Dene: 0.3 mi
- Olmsted Flower Bed: 0.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 0.4 mi
- Temperate Territory: 0.4 mi
- Henry Luce Nature Observatory: 0.4 mi
- Asia Society: 0.5 mi
- NYC Barber Shop Museum: 0.5 mi
- American Museum of Natural History: 0.5 mi
- Hayden Planetarium: 0.5 mi
- Vista Rock: 0.4 mi
- Summit Rock: 0.6 mi
- Great Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.5 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.1 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Bird Island: 5.6 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 5.8 mi
- Richard Tucker Square: 0.6 mi
- Poses Park: 0.6 mi
- 30 Lincoln Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Dante Park: 0.6 mi
- Sherman Square: 0.6 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.9 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 4.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.9 mi
- Street Seats: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.5 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.7 mi
- Palisades: 2.6 mi
- Palisades: 2.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 8.2 mi
- The Loch: 1.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.8 mi
- The Falls: 10.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 21.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.4 mi
- Barber: 22.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Bethesda Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 319° | 268 m | 18.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 318° | 260 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 318° | 230 m | 17.8 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 328° | 224 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 7° | 208 m | 19.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 317° | 185 m | 19.5 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 317° | 180 m | 19.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 280° | 179 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/958635828
Day trips start here
- Manhattan · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 2 mi
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