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Hall of Animals

Hall of Animals from directly overhead

Hall of Animals is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sea Lion Pool, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Height
11.4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66578, -73.96539

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rock Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Monocot Border: 0.1 mi
  • Oak Circle: 0.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Plant Family Collection: 0.1 mi
Artworks
Beaches
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.9 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Palisades: 10.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.4 mi
  • The Loch: 8.9 mi
  • The Falls: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hall of Animals. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m24.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m24.0 mi
Stony HillNW 305°179 m17.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 294°175 m18.5 mi
Packanack MountainNW 322°144 m23.3 mi
Riker HillWNW 298°134 m21.4 mi
Long HillW 275°126 m24.9 mi
Todt HillWSW 240°125 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/760411288

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