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Circle Line

Circle Line from directly overhead

Circle Line is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pier 84, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.

About

The story

transport company

Dates from 1945.

Wikidata Q1092781, matched on coordinates and name (0 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
9.6 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76275, -74.00150
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 1.1 mi
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Palisades: 3.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.8 mi
  • Palisades: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 3.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.2 mi
  • The Falls: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Circle Line. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 324°268 m17.7 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 305°263 m22.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 323°260 m18.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 324°230 m17.4 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 333°224 m22.7 mi
LeGrande HillNW 324°219 m22.8 mi
Mount NeboN 11°208 m20.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW 322°185 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/278353405

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