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Carousel

Carousel from directly overhead

Carousel is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lefferts Historic House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
10.8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.66373, -73.96422
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
  • Emu: 0.1 mi
  • Red Panda: 0.1 mi
  • Porcupine: 0.1 mi
  • Dingo: 0.1 mi
  • North American River Otter: 0.1 mi
Gardens
  • Discovery Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Water Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Beaches
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.0 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 50
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.9 mi
  • Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • Palisades: 10.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.8 mi
  • Palisades: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Binnen Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.4 mi
  • The Loch: 9.1 mi
  • The Falls: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m24.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m24.2 mi
Stony HillNW 305°179 m17.9 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 294°175 m18.6 mi
Packanack MountainNW 322°144 m23.5 mi
Riker HillWNW 298°134 m21.5 mi
Todt HillWSW 241°125 m9.0 mi
Crawford HillSSW 212°120 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/241846598

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