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Gapstow Bridge

Gapstow Bridge from directly overhead

Gapstow Bridge is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hallett Nature Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Structure
humpback
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76693, -73.97381
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Intelligence Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Temperate Territory: 0.1 mi
  • Central Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Olmsted Flower Bed: 0.2 mi
  • The Dene: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Trum Tower Public Atrium: 0.4 mi
  • 590 Madison Public Atrium: 0.4 mi
  • Paley Park: 0.5 mi
  • 30 Lincoln Plaza: 0.5 mi
  • Poses Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.5 mi
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 4.9 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 2.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.3 mi
  • The Falls: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Gapstow Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 320°268 m18.3 mi
Beech MountainNW 319°260 m19.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 319°230 m18.1 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 329°224 m23.1 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m19.6 mi
Poacher PeakNW 318°185 m19.8 mi
Moon HillNW 318°180 m19.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 283°179 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/546663191

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