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9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial from directly overhead

9/11 Memorial is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Rocky Mountain stands 322 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wakelee Field, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.

Demarest's 9/11 memorial. Contains two pieces of steel from ground zero.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.95617, -73.96297

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wakelee Field: 0.3 mi
  • Cranford Park: 0.6 mi
  • Davies Arboretum and Wildlife Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Christopher W. DeAngelis Park: 1.0 mi
  • Camp Merritt Memorial Monument: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 2.2 mi
  • Trevor Park: 3.4 mi
  • Stumpery: 3.9 mi
  • Temple of Love: 4.0 mi
  • Cherry Bowl: 4.0 mi
Cliffs
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Water Music: 3.4 mi
  • Saint Anthony Holding Baby Jesus: 3.5 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 3.7 mi
  • Henry Hudson: 4.0 mi
  • Armstrong inventor of FM radio: 4.0 mi
Gardens
  • Walled Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Pure Love Organic Farms: 5.2 mi
  • PS24 Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Bruce Reynolds Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 6.5 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 32
  • Alpine picnic area: 2.4 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Area B: 7.1 mi
  • Area C: 7.1 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • The Falls: 7.9 mi
  • The Loch: 11.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of 9/11 Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky MountainNW 306°322 m16.1 mi
Twin HillWNW 301°304 m16.0 mi
Stag Hill/Houvenkopf MountainNW 313°282 m15.1 mi
Matty Price HillNW 304°279 m15.4 mi
Millstone HillWNW 296°278 m16.1 mi
High MountainW 275°268 m12.3 mi
Monroe RidgeNW 307°262 m15.6 mi
Beech MountainW 277°260 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11892277748

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