Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Independence Flagstaff, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
This outdoor bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Kirke Brown was installed in Union Square in Manhattan, New York on September 16th, 1870. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1870.
Wikidata Q17509515, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1870-09-16
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Independence Flagstaff: 0.0 mi
- Union Square Drinking Fountain: 0.0 mi
- Old Union Square: 0.1 mi
- Metronome: 0.1 mi
- Roscoe Conkling: 0.4 mi
- Marquis de Lafayette: 0.0 mi
- George Washington: 0.1 mi
- Mohandas Gandhi: 0.1 mi
- Edwin Booth: 0.2 mi
- Peter Stuyvesant: 0.3 mi
- Gandhi Garden: 0.1 mi
- The New School (Lang College) Park: 0.4 mi
- East Side Outside Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- 11th Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Golden Swan Garden: 0.7 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Gramercy Park: 0.3 mi
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens Playground: 0.4 mi
- Madison Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Peter's Field: 0.4 mi
- Yeshiva University Museum: 0.2 mi
- Rubin Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- National Museum of Mathematics: 0.5 mi
- Poster House: 0.5 mi
- Museum of Sex: 0.6 mi
- La de forest house: 0.3 mi
- Flatiron Building: 0.3 mi
- Flatiron District: 0.3 mi
- The Friends Experience: 0.3 mi
- Mark Twain House: 0.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Bird Island: 2.8 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.5 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Vista Rock: 3.2 mi
- Summit Rock: 3.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.8 mi
- Street Seats: 2.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.7 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.5 mi
- Palisades: 2.8 mi
- Palisades: 2.8 mi
- Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Palisades: 11.0 mi
- The Loch: 4.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.3 mi
- The Falls: 13.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.9 mi
- Barber: 20.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Abraham Lincoln. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 326° | 268 m | 19.5 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 308° | 263 m | 24.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 325° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 325° | 230 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 21.9 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 324° | 185 m | 20.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 324° | 180 m | 20.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 292° | 179 m | 14.3 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1251605864
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
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