Westinghouse Time Capsules
Westinghouse Time Capsules is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Towers, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Time capsule from 1939 and 1965 burried near New York, United States meant to be opened in 6900
Dates from 1939.
Wikidata Q1464514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 9.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Observation Towers: 0.1 mi
- Unisphere: 0.2 mi
- Unisphere: 0.2 mi
- Unisphere: 0.3 mi
- Unisphere: 0.3 mi
- Thick-billed Parrot: 0.2 mi
- Chacoan Peccary: 0.2 mi
- Pudu: 0.2 mi
- Andean Bear: 0.2 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 0.2 mi
- Queens Museum: 0.2 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 0.5 mi
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 1.5 mi
- John Bowne House: 1.7 mi
- Unisphere: 0.2 mi
- Column of Jerash: 0.3 mi
- Free Form: 0.3 mi
- Freedom of the Human Spirit: 0.3 mi
- Rocket Thrower: 0.3 mi
- Garden of Meditation: 0.3 mi
- America-Israel Friendship Grove: 0.3 mi
- Arthur Ashe Sculpture Garden: 0.4 mi
- Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sparrow's Nest Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.5 mi
- William F Moore Park: 0.5 mi
- Corona Golf Playground: 0.6 mi
- Barrier Park: 0.7 mi
- Lewis Simeone Park: 0.8 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 2.9 mi
- Laurel Hill: 4.2 mi
- Janes Hill: 5.9 mi
- Mount Morris: 6.7 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.9 mi
- Virginia Point: 5.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.2 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 6.3 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.1 mi
- Parsons Beach: 5.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 8.1 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 8.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 8.7 mi
- Street Seats: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area D: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 8.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Palisades: 8.9 mi
- Palisades: 9.4 mi
- Palisades: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 11.4 mi
- The Loch: 7.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.7 mi
- The Falls: 10.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 20.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Westinghouse Time Capsules. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 311° | 268 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 310° | 230 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 349° | 208 m | 21.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 283° | 179 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 275° | 175 m | 23.3 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNE 11° | 156 m | 22.9 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 0° | 147 m | 24.0 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 2° | 140 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| 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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2818398925
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 2 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 2 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 3 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 5 mi
- Queens · 5 mi
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