Historic site · New York
Flight 587 November 12 2001 memorial
Flight 587 November 12 2001 memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ralph Demarco Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Flight 587 November 12 2001 memorial Dedicated November 9 2002 Donated by Thomas M Quinn & Sons Inc
How to reach it
Coordinates40.78188, -73.91973
- 3.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 5.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Ralph Demarco Park: 0.2 mi
- Astoria Park: 0.3 mi
- Chappetto Square: 0.5 mi
- Triborough Bridge Playground B: 0.5 mi
- Triborough Bridge Playground D: 0.6 mi
Gardens: 60
- Two Coves Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Hellsgate Farms: 1.1 mi
- Pleasant Hill Garden: 1.2 mi
- Los Amigos Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Pleasant Village Community Garden: 1.2 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.2 mi
- Hazard Beach: 5.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.9 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 6.1 mi
Museums
- Garbage museum: 1.3 mi
- The Noguchi Museum: 1.4 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 1.8 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 1.8 mi
- Museum of the City of New York: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Mount Morris: 2.0 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.1 mi
- Great Hill: 2.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.6 mi
Attractions
- Huddlestone Arch: 2.1 mi
- Blackwell House: 2.2 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 2.2 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 2.3 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.1 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.2 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 57
- General Slocum Disaster: 0.2 mi
- World War 1: 0.3 mi
- Gas Explosion Empty Lot: 1.7 mi
- Saint Tikhon: 1.8 mi
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.0 mi
- Street Seats: 2.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Coogan's Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.2 mi
- The Palisades: 11.6 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 16.1 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- The Loch: 2.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.7 mi
- Great Falls: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Flight 587 November 12 2001 memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 312° | 268 m | 19.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 311° | 260 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 311° | 230 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 359° | 208 m | 18.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 310° | 185 m | 21.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 310° | 180 m | 20.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 277° | 179 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 268° | 175 m | 19.3 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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4941261936
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Central Park · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 3 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 3 mi
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