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First Edison Underground Central Station System

First Edison Underground Central Station System from directly overhead

First Edison Underground Central Station System is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pearl Street Playground, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70783, -74.00448

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 60
  • Grassy Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.2 mi
  • Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Palisades: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Loch: 6.5 mi
  • The Falls: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Edison Underground Central Station System. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 331°268 m20.8 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 312°263 m24.7 mi
Beech MountainNNW 329°260 m21.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m20.5 mi
Mount NeboN 10°208 m23.9 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 328°185 m22.1 mi
Moon HillNNW 328°180 m21.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7483737445

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