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Andrew Haswell Green Bench

Andrew Haswell Green Bench from directly overhead

Andrew Haswell Green Bench is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Huddlestone Arch, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1929
Material
granite
Inscription
1920 IN HONOR OF ANREW HASWELL GREEN 1903. DIRECTING GENIUS OF CENTRAL PARK ITS FORMATIVE PERIOD. FATHER OF GREATER NEW YORK, THIS EMINENCE WAS NAMED ANDREW H.GREEN HILL. THESE FIVE SYMBOLICAL TREES WERE PLANTED AND THIS SEAT WAS ERECTED
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.79513, -73.95427
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Center Garden (Italian): 0.1 mi
  • Conservatory Garden: 0.1 mi
  • North Garden (French): 0.1 mi
  • South Garden (English): 0.2 mi
  • 110th St Block Assoc. Garden: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
  • Great Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Mount Morris: 0.8 mi
  • Summit Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Vista Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Janes Hill: 2.5 mi
Parks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 45
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 2.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 2.7 mi
  • Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Palisades: 5.9 mi
  • Palisades: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 0.3 mi
  • The Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Andrew Haswell Green Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 314°268 m17.6 mi
Beech MountainNW 313°260 m18.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 313°230 m17.4 mi
Mount NeboN 5°208 m17.6 mi
Poacher PeakNW 312°185 m19.1 mi
Moon HillNW 312°180 m18.8 mi
Stony HillW 275°179 m15.2 mi
Mayapple HillW 265°175 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3906837660

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