America the Beautiful
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. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- brass
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 16.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives: 0.0 mi
- Garden City Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- African American Museum: 4.2 mi
- Environmental Education and Resiliency Center: 4.4 mi
- Flying Through the Years at Roosevelt Field: 4.8 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 1.7 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.2 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- Hempstead Plains Preserve: 6.3 mi
- 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
- Tyson Building Historic Society Sign: 0.0 mi
- Site of Home and SeedHouse: 0.1 mi
- Citrus & Allied Essences Oils CO.: 0.1 mi
- John Lewis Childs Founded in 1884: 0.1 mi
- Floral Park World Wars Memorial: 0.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Giving Garden: 0.8 mi
- Childrens Garden: 0.8 mi
- Greenstreets: 1.2 mi
- Pollinator Place: 2.2 mi
- Garden World: 2.2 mi
- 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
- Reclaimed Habitat: 2.6 mi
- Turnabout: 2.8 mi
- Two Bottles: 2.8 mi
- Jam Master Jay: 2.8 mi
- The Adelphi Panther: 2.9 mi
- 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
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 16.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 17.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Palisades: 16.0 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 19.1 mi
- The Loch: 14.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 14.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 14.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.3 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 21.0 mi
- Cuties Island: 23.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennelwood Hill | N 353° | 156 m | 23.8 mi |
| Beaver Hill | NNW 345° | 140 m | 24.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 248° | 125 m | 23.2 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 67° | 122 m | 15.9 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNE 34° | 106 m | 6.1 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 66° | 106 m | 15.6 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 71° | 92 m | 19.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 70° | 90 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12734039844
Day trips start here
- Garden City · 3 mi
- Mineola · 4 mi
- Hempstead · 5 mi
- Manhasset · 5 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 5 mi
- Flower Hill · 6 mi
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