- Elevation, modelled
- 27 m
- Tallest summit within 19.8 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 18.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway0.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.8470, -73.8802
Carter Giraffe Building is a attraction in New York, at a modelled 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is African Wild Dogs, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.
- Height
- 8.2 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Carter Giraffe Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 297° | 268 m | 18.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 298° | 260 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 296° | 230 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 354° | 214 m | 19.0 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | N 11° | 211 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 350° | 208 m | 14.2 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNE 18° | 180 m | 18.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 263° | 179 m | 19.1 mi |
- 0.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 4.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 16.9 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- African Wild Dogs: 0.0 mi
- Somba Village: 0.1 mi
- Congo Gorilla Forest: 0.1 mi
- Baboons: 0.1 mi
- Lions: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
- New York Botanical Garden: 1.1 mi
- 9/11: 1.5 mi
- Ghost Bike: Michael Needham: 1.6 mi
- Westchester Square: 2.0 mi
- Broadway: 2.4 mi
Museums
- Steere Herbarium: 1.4 mi
- Poe Cottage: 1.5 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 2.1 mi
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 2.3 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 2.6 mi
Peaks
- Marble Hill: 2.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.9 mi
- Long Hill: 3.0 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 3.0 mi
- Inwood Hill: 3.0 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.1 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.2 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.1 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.1 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Falls: 3.5 mi
- The Loch: 5.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 8.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 23.3 mi
| 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 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 4 mi
- Fort Lee · 5 mi
- Mount Vernon · 5 mi
- Englewood · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 6 mi
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