Frederick Douglass Memorial

Frederick Douglass Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick Douglass Circle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
The Frederick Douglass Memorial is a memorial commemorating Frederick Douglass, installed at the northwest corner of New York City's Central Park, in the U.S. state of New York. The memorial includes an 8-foot bronze sculpture depicting Douglass by Gabriel Koren and a large circle and fountain designed by Algernon Miller. Additionally, Quennell Rothschild & Partners is credited as the memorial's architecture, and Polich-Tallix served as the foundry. The memorial was dedicated on September 20, 2011, and was funded by the Percent for Art program and the, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Wikidata Q30681981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2011-09-20
- Material
- bronze
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Frederick Douglass Circle: 0.0 mi
- Lafayette Square: 0.2 mi
- Anibal Aviles Playground: 0.3 mi
- Samuel Marx Triangle: 0.3 mi
- West 104th Street Garden: 0.3 mi
- Electric Ladybug Garden: 0.1 mi
- Mobilization for Change Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Biblical Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- Garden of Love: 0.3 mi
- Blockhouse No. 1: 0.2 mi
- Farmers Gate: 0.3 mi
- Carl Schurz Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Nutter's Battery: 0.4 mi
- Andrew Haswell Green Bench: 0.4 mi
- Lafayette and Washington: 0.2 mi
- Alfred Lincoln Seligman Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Seven Generations: 0.3 mi
- Pulpit: 0.3 mi
- The Peace Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Great Hill: 0.3 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.6 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.4 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.4 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.9 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.4 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 1.6 mi
- The Africa Center: 0.5 mi
- Nicholas Roerich Museum: 0.6 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.6 mi
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.6 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 0.8 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.4 mi
- Hazard Beach: 3.7 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.0 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.9 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.9 mi
- Street Seats: 3.5 mi
- The Backyard: 6.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.6 mi
- Palisades: 1.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Palisades: 3.9 mi
- Palisades: 6.0 mi
- Palisades: 6.3 mi
- The Loch: 0.4 mi
- The Falls: 8.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.9 mi
- Barber: 24.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Frederick Douglass Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 313° | 268 m | 17.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 313° | 260 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 312° | 230 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 5° | 208 m | 17.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 311° | 185 m | 18.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 311° | 180 m | 18.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 273° | 179 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 264° | 175 m | 17.4 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.
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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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