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America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful from directly overhead

America the Beautiful is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Kennelwood Hill stands 156 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Tyson Building Historic Society Sign, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
brass
Getting there

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Coordinates40.72533, -73.70477
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Floral Park Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
  • Colonial Gardens Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bellerose Village Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
  • Giving Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Childrens Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Greenstreets: 1.2 mi
  • Pollinator Place: 2.2 mi
  • Garden World: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 6.5 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 7.5 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 5.9 mi
  • Circle Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 6.6 mi
  • JFK: 6.6 mi
  • Unity Garden: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 52
  • Queens High Point: 2.4 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 10.1 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Janes Hill: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 13.3 mi
  • The Loch: 14.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of America the Beautiful. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennelwood HillN 353°156 m23.8 mi
Beaver HillNNW 345°140 m24.5 mi
Todt HillWSW 248°125 m23.2 mi
Jayne's HillENE 67°122 m15.9 mi
Harbor HillNNE 34°106 m6.1 mi
West HillsENE 66°106 m15.6 mi
Dix HillsENE 71°92 m19.4 mi
Signal HillENE 70°90 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12734039844

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