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Bowling Green Fence

Bowling Green Fence from directly overhead

Bowling Green Fence is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bowling Green Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

Park in Manhattan.

Dates from 1733.

Wikidata Q895455, matched on coordinates and name (34 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
BOWLING GREEN FENCE ERECTED BY COMMON COUNCIL IN 1771 THIS FENCE SURROUNDS NEW YORK'S EARLIEST PARK. THE PARK WAS LEASED IN 1733 FOR USE AS A BOWLING GREEN AT A RENTAL OF ONE PEPPERCORN A YEAR. PATRIOTS, WHO IN 1776 DESTROYED AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF...
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70471, -74.01374
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Grassy Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Battle Hill: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 56
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 10
  • Palisades: 3.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.9 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.9 mi
  • The Loch: 6.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Bowling Green Fence. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW268 m20.7 mi
Waughaw MountainNW263 m24.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW230 m20.5 mi
Mount NeboN208 m24.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW185 m22.0 mi
Moon HillNNW180 m21.7 mi
Stony HillWNW179 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7058463050

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