Hangman's Elm
Hangman's Elm is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Lyman Holley Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
old English Elm tree located in Manhattan, New York
Wikidata Q1407769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1679
- Height
- 10 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Alexander Lyman Holley Monument: 0.1 mi
- Washington Square Arch: 0.1 mi
- Emma Lazarus: 0.2 mi
- General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue: 0.2 mi
- The Triangle Fire Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Washington Square Park: 0.1 mi
- West Fourth Street Courts: 0.1 mi
- Jefferson Market Garden: 0.2 mi
- Minetta Green: 0.2 mi
- Sheridan Square Garden: 0.2 mi
- Margaret Loeb Kempner: 0.1 mi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.1 mi
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia: 0.2 mi
- Tiles for America: 0.3 mi
- Time Landscape: 0.3 mi
- Golden Swan Garden: 0.1 mi
- Winston Churchill Square Garden: 0.2 mi
- The New School (Lang College) Park: 0.2 mi
- Sasaki Garden: 0.3 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.3 mi
- Gay Street: 0.2 mi
- Mark Twain House: 0.2 mi
- La de forest house: 0.2 mi
- Greenwich Village: 0.2 mi
- Friends Building: 0.4 mi
- Center for Architecture: 0.2 mi
- The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation: 0.2 mi
- Merchant's House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of African Art: 0.5 mi
- Yeshiva University Museum: 0.5 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.7 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.7 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.0 mi
- Bird Island: 2.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.4 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.4 mi
- Discovery Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.6 mi
- Street Seats: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 2.9 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Palisades: 11.4 mi
- The Loch: 4.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.1 mi
- The Falls: 13.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Barber: 19.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Hangman's Elm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 268 m | 19.5 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 309° | 263 m | 23.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 326° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 327° | 230 m | 19.2 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 335° | 224 m | 24.7 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NNW 327° | 219 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 10° | 208 m | 22.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 325° | 185 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5927576885
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
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