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Amiable Child Memorial

Amiable Child Memorial, a historic site in New York
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Amiable Child Memorial, a historic site in New York
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Amiable Child Memorial, a historic site in New York
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Amiable Child Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rolling Benches, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

About

The story

The Amiable Child Monument is a monument located in New York City's Riverside Park. It stands west of the southbound lanes of Riverside Drive north of 122nd Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q21497, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1967
Elevation
55 m
Material
stone
Inscription
Erected to the memory of an amiable child, St. Claire Pollock, died 15 July 1797, in the fifth year of his age
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.81481, -73.96317
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Great Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Morris: 1.3 mi
  • Summit Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Vista Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Janes Hill: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 44
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 1.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 1.8 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 5.4 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 1.4 mi
  • The Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Amiable Child Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 311°268 m16.3 mi
Beech MountainNW 311°260 m17.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 310°230 m16.1 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m16.3 mi
Poacher PeakNW 310°185 m17.9 mi
Moon HillNW 309°180 m17.6 mi
Stony HillW 269°179 m14.7 mi
Mayapple HillW 260°175 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/726445300

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