Joker Stairs
Joker Stairs is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Triangle, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
steps in Highbridge, The Bronx, New York City
Wikidata Q74077989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Martin Luther King Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Jerome Slope: 0.3 mi
- Andrew Freedman House Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Merriam Playground: 0.3 mi
- Corporal Irwin Fischer Park: 0.3 mi
- Roberto Clemente Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Target Bronx Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mosaic Garden: 0.4 mi
- Taqwa Community Farm: 0.4 mi
- Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 0.4 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 0.5 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 0.8 mi
- Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center: 0.9 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 1.0 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.7 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.7 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.7 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.7 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
- The Palisades: 7.9 mi
- Renaissance Youth Center: 1.0 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.2 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 1.3 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 1.4 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 1.5 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 1.1 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.5 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 1.5 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.6 mi
- Big Pun mural: 1.7 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.4 mi
- Janes Hill: 1.8 mi
- Long Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.4 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.7 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.0 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.6 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.2 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.4 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.9 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.3 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.3 mi
- Street Seats: 6.1 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 7.7 mi
- The Backyard: 7.8 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- The Loch: 3.4 mi
- The Falls: 5.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Joker Stairs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 303° | 268 m | 17.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 303° | 260 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 302° | 230 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 1° | 214 m | 19.7 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 17° | 211 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 359° | 208 m | 14.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 302° | 185 m | 18.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 302° | 180 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6925436185
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Fort Lee · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 4 mi
- Englewood · 5 mi
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