Burnett Memorial Fountain
Burnett Memorial Fountain is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is South Garden (English), a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Frances Hodgson Burnett Memorial Fountain, located near Fifth Avenue and the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan's Central Park, is an outdoor bronze sculpture and fountain which serves as a memorial to Burnett, the author of several literary classics including The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
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Wikidata Q17512822, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- bronze
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- South Garden (English): 0.0 mi
- Conservatory Garden: 0.0 mi
- Center Garden (Italian): 0.0 mi
- North Garden (French): 0.1 mi
- Hope Community's Modesto "Tin" Flores Garden: 0.3 mi
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.1 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.1 mi
- The Africa Center: 0.3 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 0.6 mi
- Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: 0.7 mi
- Three Dancing Maidens – Untermyer Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen: 0.4 mi
- John Purroy Mitchel: 0.7 mi
- La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.7 mi
- Lafayette and Washington: 0.8 mi
- Fort Clinton: 0.2 mi
- Andrew Haswell Green Bench: 0.2 mi
- Nutter's Battery: 0.2 mi
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Farmers Gate: 0.3 mi
- Mae Grant Playground: 0.2 mi
- 103rd Street Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Peter Minuit Playground: 0.3 mi
- White Playground: 0.4 mi
- Sunshine Playground: 0.4 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.2 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.4 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.2 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.5 mi
- Archibald’s Townhouse: 1.5 mi
- Great Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.9 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.1 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.3 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 4.8 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.0 mi
- Street Seats: 3.0 mi
- The Backyard: 6.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Palisades: 3.9 mi
- Palisades: 5.9 mi
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
- The Loch: 0.4 mi
- The Falls: 8.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.0 mi
- Barber: 24.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Burnett Memorial Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 314° | 268 m | 17.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 313° | 260 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 313° | 230 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 17.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 312° | 185 m | 19.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 312° | 180 m | 19.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 275° | 179 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 266° | 175 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/600524075
Day trips start here
- Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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