Blackwell House
Blackwell House is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackwell Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
historic house in Manhattan, New York
Dates from 1796.
Wikidata Q4923596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 10.6 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 6.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Blackwell Park: 0.0 mi
- Riverwalk Commons East: 0.1 mi
- Riverwalk Commons: 0.1 mi
- Queensbridge Park: 0.3 mi
- Andrew Haswell Green Park: 0.3 mi
- Roosevelt Island Sign: 0.3 mi
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 0.9 mi
- Historical landmark from 1877: 1.0 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.1 mi
- United Nations Headquarters: 1.1 mi
- Entry Court: 0.4 mi
- Sutton Terrace Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- Roosevelt Island Garden Club: 0.6 mi
- Amster Yard: 1.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Motherboard Meditation: 0.4 mi
- Porcellino: 0.5 mi
- FDR Hope Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Sabrina: 0.7 mi
- Mother Italy: 0.8 mi
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Noguchi Museum: 0.8 mi
- Society of Illustrators: 0.9 mi
- Asia Society: 0.9 mi
- Grolier Club: 1.0 mi
- Bronka Novak Tablet: 0.7 mi
- Clara Coffey Tablet: 0.7 mi
- Smallpox Hospital: 0.7 mi
- Irving Berlin: 0.9 mi
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 0.9 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.1 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.4 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 4.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.2 mi
- Bird Island: 5.1 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 6.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.9 mi
- Great Hill: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Morris: 3.1 mi
- Street Seats: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.1 mi
- The Loch: 2.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.9 mi
- The Falls: 10.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.5 mi
- Barber: 22.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Blackwell House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 318° | 268 m | 19.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 318° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 318° | 230 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 20.0 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 316° | 185 m | 20.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 316° | 180 m | 20.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 283° | 179 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 273° | 175 m | 17.7 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/284880674
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 1 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 2 mi
Take the scenic way to Blackwell House.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.