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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Manhattan Plaza

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Manhattan Plaza from directly overhead

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Manhattan Plaza is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Salvation Army Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

public park in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Dates from 1823.

Wikidata Q13689, matched on coordinates and name (172 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
Longest underwater particular tunnel in North America 9170 feet in length open May 25, 1950

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70499, -74.01520

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks
  • Grassy Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Battle Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Palisades: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.9 mi
  • The Loch: 6.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 14.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Manhattan Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 333°268 m20.7 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 313°263 m24.4 mi
Beech MountainNNW 331°260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 332°230 m20.4 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

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7208978987

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