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Carl Schurz Memorial

Carl Schurz Memorial from directly overhead

Carl Schurz Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Morningside Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1913

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80599, -73.95908

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Morningside Park: 0.0 mi
  • CU SIPA Commons: 0.1 mi
  • Lafayette Square: 0.2 mi
  • CU SE Field: 0.2 mi
  • CS Garden: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • Great Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Morris: 0.8 mi
  • Summit Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Vista Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Janes Hill: 2.5 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 46
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 1.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 2.1 mi
  • Palisades: 4.1 mi
  • Palisades: 6.0 mi
  • Palisades: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 0.8 mi
  • The Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Carl Schurz Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 312°268 m16.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 312°260 m18.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 311°230 m16.7 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m16.9 mi
Poacher PeakNW 311°185 m18.5 mi
Moon HillNW 311°180 m18.1 mi
Stony HillW 272°179 m14.9 mi
Mayapple HillW 263°175 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1310874087

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