Historic site · New York
Farmers Gate
Farmers Gate is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nutter's Battery, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
North entrance of Central Park, in Manhattan
Wikidata Q102432016, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Farmers Gate
How to reach it
Coordinates40.79807, -73.95244
- 3.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Nutter's Battery: 0.1 mi
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Fort Clinton: 0.2 mi
- Blockhouse No. 1: 0.2 mi
- Andrew Haswell Green Bench: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Martin Luther King Playground: 0.2 mi
- Samuel Marx Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Frederick Douglass Circle: 0.3 mi
- Peter Minuit Playground: 0.4 mi
- A Philip Randolph Square: 0.4 mi
Museums
- The Africa Center: 0.2 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.4 mi
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.4 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 0.8 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 0.9 mi
Attractions
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.2 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.4 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.8 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.4 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 1.7 mi
Gardens
- North Garden (French): 0.3 mi
- Electric Ladybug Garden: 0.3 mi
- Center Garden (Italian): 0.3 mi
- 110th St Block Assoc. Garden: 0.3 mi
- Pueblo Unido Garden: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Three Dancing Maidens – Untermyer Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Lafayette and Washington: 0.5 mi
- La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.5 mi
- Alfred Lincoln Seligman Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Seven Generations: 0.6 mi
Peaks
- Great Hill: 0.3 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.3 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.2 mi
- Hazard Beach: 3.9 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.1 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.1 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 45
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.7 mi
- Street Seats: 3.3 mi
- The Backyard: 6.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Palisades: 2.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Palisades: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 0.4 mi
- The Falls: 8.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Feltville Historic District: 24.1 mi
- Barber: 24.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Farmers Gate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 313° | 268 m | 17.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 312° | 260 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 312° | 230 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 17.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 311° | 185 m | 19.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 311° | 180 m | 18.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 274° | 179 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 265° | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7803266933
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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