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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.85511, -73.69696

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
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
Gardens
  • 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
Artworks
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
Attractions
Picnic sites: 40
  • 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: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 7.8 mi
  • The Loch: 14.4 mi
  • Farms Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.4 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 20.9 miles of Alicia Patterson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW 347°216 m20.9 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 341°211 m18.6 mi
Mount NeboNW 318°208 m18.0 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 348°180 m17.7 mi
Round HillN 4°172 m17.2 mi
Cooney HillN 354°170 m17.1 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 348°156 m15.0 mi
Prospect HillNNW 339°148 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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