Times Square Ball
Times Square Ball is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Times Square, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.
The famous New Years Ball, as of 2020 the sixth ball is being used, sits atop this building year round.
The story
time ball located in New York City's Times Square
Dates from 1907.
Wikidata Q1058395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1907
- Height
- 133.6 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Times Square: 0.1 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!: 0.1 mi
- Bryant Park: 0.2 mi
- Le Carrousel: 0.2 mi
- The Ride: 0.3 mi
- Madame Tussauds New York: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Broadway: 0.2 mi
- The Morgan Library & Museum: 0.5 mi
- June 4th Memorial Exhibit: 0.6 mi
- Paley Center for Media: 0.6 mi
- The Guardians: Hero: 0.1 mi
- The Guardians: Superhero: 0.1 mi
- The Garment Worker: 0.2 mi
- Needle Threading A Button: 0.2 mi
- Golda Meir: 0.2 mi
- Verizon Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Marsh & McLennan Public Space: 0.3 mi
- McGraw-Hill Park: 0.3 mi
- McCaffrey Playground: 0.3 mi
- 745 Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Lobby Garden: 0.2 mi
- Clinton Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Alice's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Alonso Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Amster Yard: 0.9 mi
- Benito Juárez: 0.2 mi
- José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva: 0.2 mi
- Duffy Square: 0.2 mi
- William Earl Dodge: 0.2 mi
- Goethe: 0.2 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.2 mi
- Bird Island: 4.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.8 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.6 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.9 mi
- Kings Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.1 mi
- Great Hill: 3.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.8 mi
- Street Seats: 2.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.3 mi
- Palisades: 2.0 mi
- Palisades: 3.1 mi
- Palisades: 3.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- The Loch: 3.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.6 mi
- The Falls: 11.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.0 mi
- Barber: 21.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Times Square Ball. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 323° | 268 m | 18.5 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 305° | 263 m | 23.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 322° | 260 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 323° | 230 m | 18.2 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 332° | 224 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 20.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 321° | 185 m | 19.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 321° | 180 m | 19.6 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 | 15:48 | 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 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/266774911
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Theater District · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 1 mi
- Hoboken · 2 mi
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