Historic site · New York
Col. John B. O'Dowd Memorial Plaque
Col. John B. O'Dowd Memorial Plaque is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Herman Dolgon Playground, a park 0.8 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates40.60285, -73.92524
- 15.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Herman Dolgon Playground: 0.8 mi
- Monsignor Crawford Field: 0.9 mi
- Yak Playground: 0.9 mi
- Trust Triangle: 1.0 mi
- Lindower Park: 1.0 mi
Beaches
- Gerritsen Beach: 1.2 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 1.9 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 2.1 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 2.7 mi
- Fort Tilden Beach: 3.5 mi
Gardens
- Father Kehoe Triangle: 1.4 mi
- KCC Urban Farm: 1.6 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 2.0 mi
- The Floyd Bennett Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Beach Grass Nursery: 2.5 mi
Attractions
- Historic Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Residence: 1.5 mi
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead: 1.5 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Sharks: 3.2 mi
- Sea Cliffs: 3.3 mi
Museums
- Ryan Visitor Center: 1.8 mi
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 2.3 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 3.6 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 3.7 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 4.6 mi
Artworks
- Fisherman: 1.1 mi
- Horse: 1.5 mi
- Postcards From Sheepshead Bay: 1.8 mi
- Brooklyn Bucolic: 2.7 mi
- Hulk: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 1.0 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 1.5 mi
- Rookery: 2.9 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 3.4 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 55
- Bill Brown Post Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Dutch Heritage: 2.0 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 2.0 mi
- FDR Memorial: 2.5 mi
- September 11th Victims Memorial: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 46
- Breeze Hill: 4.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 4.5 mi
- Willink Hill: 4.5 mi
- Quaker Hill: 4.7 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 5.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 7.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 22.1 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 23.2 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 10.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 10.6 mi
- North Tower: 14.6 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Binnen Falls: 4.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.8 mi
- The Loch: 13.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 18.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Col. John B. O'Dowd Memorial Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 311° | 179 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 302° | 175 m | 22.4 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 269° | 125 m | 9.9 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 223° | 120 m | 20.0 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 222° | 106 m | 19.4 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 48° | 106 m | 20.2 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 295° | 92 m | 22.1 mi |
| Bronx High Point | N 3° | 85 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7588106448
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- Brooklyn/Downtown · 7 mi
- Queens · 7 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 8 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 8 mi
- Downstate New York · 9 mi
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