Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Haven Avenue, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
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How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mitchel Square: 0.2 mi
- Audubon Playground: 0.2 mi
- McKenna Square: 0.3 mi
- J. Hood Wright Park: 0.4 mi
- Plaza de las Americas: 0.4 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 0.4 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.8 mi
- Our Gates: 1.1 mi
- Portrait of t.: 1.1 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 1.2 mi
- Morris-Jumel Ecological Education Garden: 0.4 mi
- Harris Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mosaic Garden: 0.9 mi
- Maggie's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Joker Stairs: 1.1 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.2 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 1.3 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.7 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 2.1 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.4 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.2 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.0 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.6 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 2.8 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.1 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 0.8 mi
- Long Hill: 1.7 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Palisades: 3.4 mi
- The Palisades: 7.6 mi
- Thor: 13.9 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.5 mi
- Street Seats: 6.3 mi
- The Backyard: 6.9 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 7.5 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Haven Avenue: 0.1 mi
- West 168th Street: 0.1 mi
- West 169th Street: 0.1 mi
- Broadway: 0.1 mi
- West 170th Street: 0.2 mi
- The Loch: 3.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.5 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Fort Washington Avenue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 304° | 268 m | 16.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 304° | 260 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 303° | 230 m | 15.9 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 318° | 224 m | 20.0 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 4° | 214 m | 19.4 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 20° | 211 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 3° | 208 m | 14.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 303° | 185 m | 17.7 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 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Englewood · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 4 mi
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