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Alicia Patterson

Alicia Patterson from directly overhead

Alicia Patterson is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Guggenheim Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1998
Material
aluminium
Inscription
IN TRIBUTE TO ALICIA PATTERSON, 1906–1963 WAS A CO-PUBLISHER & EDITOR. SHE FOUNDED & LED LONG ISLAND'S NEWSDAY TO STATUS OF A MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPER.
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Governor George E. Pataki
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.85511, -73.69696

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Port Washington North Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Alvan O. Petrus Park: 1.0 mi
  • Lions Field: 1.1 mi
  • Manorhaven Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.2 mi
Beaches
  • Sands Point Village Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 1.9 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Queens High Point: 6.8 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.8 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 10.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 57
Gardens: 56
  • Bird and Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Colonial Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Student Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Couch Academic Center Garden Terrace: 3.4 mi
  • The Frank J. Graziano Terrace: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 55
Picnic sites: 38
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 9.9 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 9.9 mi
  • Lindens B: 10.6 mi
  • West Lindens: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Loch: 14.4 mi
  • Farms Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.6 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Alicia Patterson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW216 m20.9 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW211 m18.6 mi
Mount NeboNW208 m18.0 mi
Reynolds HillNNW180 m17.7 mi
Round HillN172 m17.2 mi
Cooney HillN170 m17.1 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW156 m15.0 mi
Prospect HillNNW148 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13302904117

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