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Brookland Ferry Landing

Brookland Ferry Landing from directly overhead

Brookland Ferry Landing is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Brooklyn Bridge, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.70323, -73.99494
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Parks
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 58
  • Grassy Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Palisades: 4.8 mi
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.2 mi
  • The Loch: 6.6 mi
  • The Falls: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brookland Ferry Landing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m21.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 329°260 m22.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m21.0 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m24.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 328°185 m22.6 mi
Moon HillNNW 328°180 m22.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m15.0 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m16.1 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11687099993

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