Attraction · New York
The Gingerbread House
The Gingerbread House is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hamilton Athletic Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 10.0 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates40.62799, -74.03844
- 16.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.7 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fort Hamilton Athletic Field: 0.1 mi
- Shore Road Park: 0.1 mi
- Russell Pedersen Playground: 0.2 mi
- American Veterans Memorial Pier: 0.8 mi
- Fort Hamilton Triangle: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Hill Street Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Jardín los Colibríes: 2.7 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Red Hook Community Farm: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11: 0.8 mi
- Fort Hamilton War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Fort Hamilton Cannon: 1.2 mi
- First Resistance to British Arms in New York State August 1776: 1.2 mi
- Dover Patrol: 1.2 mi
Museums
- Harbor Defense Museum: 1.4 mi
- Alice Austen House: 1.6 mi
- Mont Sec House: 1.9 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 2.0 mi
- National Lighthouse Museum: 2.0 mi
Beaches
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 1.5 mi
- South Beach: 3.2 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.7 mi
- Midland Beach: 4.5 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 4.8 mi
Artworks
- Eyes: 2.0 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 2.6 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 2.6 mi
- Captain America: 2.8 mi
- Tear Drop Memorial: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Eibs Pond Park: 2.5 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 2.8 mi
- Swinburne Island: 4.3 mi
- Last Chance Pond Park: 4.4 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 4.4 mi
Attractions
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 2.5 mi
- Street Car: 3.4 mi
- Hammerhead Peninsula: 4.0 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 4.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 4.3 mi
Peaks: 53
- Fox Hills: 2.2 mi
- Park Hill: 2.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.6 mi
- Emerson Hill: 3.2 mi
- Battle Hill: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 38
- Freedom Field: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.3 mi
- Street Seats: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.8 mi
- Palisades: 12.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Hawk Hill: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Fallkill Falls: 4.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
- The Loch: 12.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 11.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.7 mi
- North Tower: 16.2 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 12.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 12.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 13.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 18.6 mi
- Raritan Landing: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Gingerbread House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 340° | 230 m | 24.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 320° | 179 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 308° | 175 m | 16.5 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NNW 333° | 144 m | 23.5 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 310° | 134 m | 19.7 mi |
| Towackhow Mountain | NW 320° | 131 m | 24.8 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 283° | 126 m | 21.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 245° | 125 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 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 | 16:33 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Brooklyn/Downtown · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 6 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 6 mi
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