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Glen Span Arch

Glen Span Arch from directly overhead

Glen Span Arch is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 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.

The record

What the record says

Built
1865
Material
stone
Structure
arch
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.79468, -73.95917
Around it

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
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 45
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 1.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 2.8 mi
  • Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Palisades: 6.8 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
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 314°268 m17.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 314°260 m18.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 313°230 m17.2 mi
Mount NeboN 5°208 m17.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 312°185 m19.0 mi
Moon HillNW 312°180 m18.7 mi
Stony HillW 275°179 m14.9 mi
Mayapple HillW 265°175 m17.3 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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/387386578

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