Amphitrite Pool
Amphitrite Pool is a garden in New York, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 5 Inch Deck Gun, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.
On 81 acres overlooking Long Island Sound, the academy grounds gently slope to the water’s edge. Wiley Hall, the former Bendel/Chrysler mansion, is the district’s centerpiece. The U.S. Government purchased the property In 1942.
What the record says
- Built
- 1916
- Elevation
- 16 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 5 Inch Deck Gun: 0.0 mi
- City Of New York Potters Field: 2.8 mi
- Global Pandemics Touchstone: 2.8 mi
- Civil War Monument: 3.0 mi
- Mercury School Ship Memorial: 3.1 mi
- War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 0.1 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 0.1 mi
- Mariner Monument: 0.1 mi
- Dolphin: 2.7 mi
- Neily's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Strawberry Field: 2.2 mi
- Garden in the Park: 2.8 mi
- Freddy's Garden: 2.9 mi
- Mitchel Wallace Triangle: 4.1 mi
- American Merchant Marine Museum: 0.2 mi
- Maritime National Museum: 1.6 mi
- Science Museum of Long Island: 3.2 mi
- Thomas Dodge Homestead: 3.8 mi
- Thomas Dodge Homestead: 3.8 mi
- Stepping Stone Park and Marina: 0.4 mi
- Steppingstone Park: 0.5 mi
- Kings Point Park: 0.7 mi
- Parkwood Pool and Sports Complex: 1.0 mi
- Saddle Rock Village Park: 1.2 mi
- Virginia Point: 2.5 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 3.6 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Guggenheim Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Parsons Beach: 2.8 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 3.0 mi
- PWEA Beach: 3.0 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.0 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 3.6 mi
- Queens High Point: 4.4 mi
- Harbor Hill: 6.5 mi
- Janes Hill: 7.8 mi
- Marble Hill: 9.0 mi
- Vault Hill: 9.0 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 5.4 mi
- Pinetum: 5.4 mi
- Circle Garden: 5.4 mi
- Oak Allée: 5.4 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 9.5 mi
- Street Seats: 10.7 mi
- West Lindens: 11.1 mi
- Lindens B: 11.1 mi
- North Maples: 11.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Palisades: 10.9 mi
- Palisades: 12.0 mi
- The Palisades: 12.6 mi
- Palisades: 13.4 mi
- The Falls: 6.7 mi
- The Loch: 10.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 14.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 15.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 4.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 14.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 15.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 18.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.9 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Amphitrite Pool. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | N 353° | 211 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 332° | 208 m | 18.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 359° | 180 m | 20.3 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 13° | 172 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 4° | 170 m | 20.0 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 1° | 156 m | 17.6 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | NNW 347° | 147 m | 19.6 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 349° | 140 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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, 5 mi away.
- Atlantic Blue Crab45 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
- Osprey42 obs
- American Robin40 obs
- Canada Goose38 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab35 obs
- eastern poison ivy34 obs
- common mugwort33 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 14000538OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/601119443
Day trips start here
- The Plandomes · 3 mi
- Manhasset · 4 mi
- North Hempstead · 4 mi
- Port Washington · 4 mi
- Flower Hill · 5 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 5 mi
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