- Elevation, modelled
- 16 m
- Tallest summit within 21.5 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 17.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Palisades Scenic Byway4.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7947, -73.9592
Glen Span Arch is a attraction in New York, at a modelled 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Loch, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
- Built
- 1865
- Material
- stone
- Structure
- arch
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Glen Span Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 314° | 268 m | 17.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 314° | 260 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 313° | 230 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 5° | 208 m | 17.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 312° | 185 m | 19.0 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 312° | 180 m | 18.7 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 275° | 179 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 265° | 175 m | 17.3 mi |
- 4.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 5.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.3 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Great Hill: 0.2 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.0 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.0 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.2 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.8 mi
Attractions
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.2 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.2 mi
- Bow Bridge: 1.5 mi
- Archibald’s Townhouse: 1.5 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
- Andrew Haswell Green Bench: 0.3 mi
- Liu Xiaobo Memorial Bench: 0.3 mi
- Blockhouse No. 1: 0.3 mi
- Burnett Memorial Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Dr. Li Wenliang Memorial Bench: 0.4 mi
Museums
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.4 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.4 mi
- The Africa Center: 0.5 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 0.7 mi
- Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: 0.7 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.1 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.1 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 4.7 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Loch: 0.0 mi
- The Falls: 9.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 22.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Feltville Historic District: 23.7 mi
- Barber: 24.1 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 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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