- Elevation, modelled
- 15 m
- Tallest summit within 23.9 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 19.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Palisades Scenic Byway7.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7483, -73.9857
NY Skyride is a attraction in New York, at a modelled 15 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Empire State Building, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of NY Skyride. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 324° | 268 m | 19.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 306° | 263 m | 23.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 323° | 260 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 323° | 230 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 21.0 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 322° | 185 m | 20.4 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 322° | 180 m | 20.1 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 288° | 179 m | 14.2 mi |
- 7.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 7.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.7 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Empire State Building: 0.0 mi
- Le Carrousel: 0.4 mi
- Stephen A. Schwarzman Building: 0.4 mi
- Bryant Park: 0.4 mi
- Chelsea Flea Market: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Horace Greely Statue: 0.1 mi
- James Gordon Bennett Monument: 0.2 mi
- Church of the Transfiguration: 0.2 mi
- Inclenberg: 0.2 mi
- “The Engineers Club”: 0.3 mi
Museums
- June 4th Memorial Exhibit: 0.2 mi
- The Morgan Library & Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Sex: 0.3 mi
- National Museum of Mathematics: 0.3 mi
- The AKC Museum of the Dog: 0.5 mi
Beaches
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.0 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.6 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.0 mi
Peaks
- Kings Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.3 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Great Hill: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 3.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
- The Falls: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 20.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.5 mi
| 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 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 1 mi
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