Alexander Lyman Holley Monument
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Alexander Lyman Holley Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Square Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
An outdoor bronze bust of Alexander Lyman Holley by artist John Quincy Adams Ward and architect Thomas Hastings is installed in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, New York. Cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company of New York in 1889, the sculpture is set on an Indiana limestone pedestal and displays a Beaux-Arts style design. The monument was dedicated on October 2, 1890.
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Wikidata Q17510758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington Square Park: 0.0 mi
- West Fourth Street Courts: 0.1 mi
- Minetta Green: 0.2 mi
- Father Demo Square: 0.2 mi
- Minetta Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Hangman's Elm: 0.1 mi
- Mark Twain House: 0.2 mi
- Gay Street: 0.2 mi
- La de forest house: 0.2 mi
- Greenwich Village: 0.3 mi
- Washington Square Arch: 0.1 mi
- The Triangle Fire Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Emma Lazarus: 0.2 mi
- San Remo Cafe: 0.2 mi
- Reverand Antonio Demo C.S.: 0.2 mi
- Margaret Loeb Kempner: 0.1 mi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.1 mi
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia: 0.2 mi
- Time Landscape: 0.3 mi
- Tiles for America: 0.4 mi
- Golden Swan Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sasaki Garden: 0.2 mi
- Winston Churchill Square Garden: 0.2 mi
- The New School (Lang College) Park: 0.3 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.3 mi
- Center for Architecture: 0.2 mi
- The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation: 0.2 mi
- Merchant's House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of African Art: 0.4 mi
- The Ukrainian Museum: 0.5 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.7 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.9 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.9 mi
- Bird Island: 2.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.3 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.4 mi
- Discovery Hill: 3.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.5 mi
- Street Seats: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 2.9 mi
- Palisades: 5.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
- The Loch: 4.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.1 mi
- The Falls: 13.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Barber: 19.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Alexander Lyman Holley Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 268 m | 19.6 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 308° | 268 m | 24.7 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 309° | 263 m | 23.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 326° | 260 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 327° | 230 m | 19.3 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NNW 327° | 219 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 10° | 208 m | 22.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 325° | 185 m | 20.9 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 | 15:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
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