Empty Sky
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Empty Sky is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Terminal Field, a garden 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
New Jersey September 11th Memorial
The story
Empty Sky is the official New Jersey September 11 memorial to the state's victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States. It is located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City at the mouth of the Hudson River across from the World Trade Center site. It was designed by Jessica Jamroz and Frederic Schwartz and dedicated on Saturday, September 10, 2011, a day before the tenth anniversary of the attacks.
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Wikidata Q5374723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2011
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Terminal Field: 0.2 mi
- Cherry Tree Grove: 0.3 mi
- North Cove Field: 0.4 mi
- Crescent Field: 0.8 mi
- Liberty Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Colgate Clock: 0.3 mi
- One World Trade Center: 1.2 mi
- New York Stock Exchange: 1.2 mi
- The Genius of Communication: 1.3 mi
- Sherman Zwicker: 1.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- The Morris Canal: 0.3 mi
- Jersey City 9/11 Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Columbus Monument: 0.5 mi
- Katyn Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Morris Canal Peninsula Park: 0.3 mi
- General Nathanael Greene Park: 0.3 mi
- Paulus Hook Park: 0.5 mi
- J. Owen Grundy Park: 0.6 mi
- Morris Square Park: 0.7 mi
- Beacon: 0.4 mi
- Sky Cache: 0.5 mi
- Hyatt Jersey City Sundial: 0.6 mi
- Sitting Stance: 0.9 mi
- Rector Gate: 0.9 mi
- Museum of Russian Art: 0.5 mi
- Ellis Island Immigration Museum: 0.7 mi
- Skyscraper Museum: 0.9 mi
- Liberty Science Center: 1.0 mi
- National Museum of the American Indian: 1.1 mi
- Outlook Hill: 1.6 mi
- Discovery Hill: 1.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.6 mi
- Slide Hill: 1.7 mi
- Kings Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.6 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 2.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.0 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.3 mi
- Bird Island: 2.0 mi
- Audubon Park: 2.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.1 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Freedom Field: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.1 mi
- Street Seats: 5.4 mi
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 4.3 mi
- Palisades: 7.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Palisades: 13.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.8 mi
- The Loch: 7.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.9 mi
- Barber: 17.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 18.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Empty Sky. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 335° | 268 m | 20.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 315° | 263 m | 23.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 333° | 260 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 334° | 230 m | 19.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 332° | 185 m | 21.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 332° | 180 m | 21.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 303° | 179 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 289° | 175 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1655111595
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 2 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 2 mi
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