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Bowling Green Marker

Bowling Green Marker from directly overhead

Bowling Green Marker 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, a park 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 (12 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
BOWLING GREEN The first public park to be established in New York March 12, 1733 "Resolved That This Corporation will Lease a Piece of land lying at the lower End of Broadway fronting to ~ the fort to some of the inhabitants ~ of the Said Broadway in...
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.70490, -74.01368
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
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
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.1 mi
  • Palisades: 4.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.7 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 24.5 miles of Bowling Green Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m20.7 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 313°263 m24.4 mi
Beech MountainNNW 331°260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 332°230 m20.5 mi
Mount NeboN 11°208 m24.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 330°185 m22.0 mi
Moon HillNNW 330°180 m21.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 302°179 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/7058463067

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