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Gay Liberation Monument

Gay Liberation Monument from directly overhead

Gay Liberation Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Christopher Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

The story

Monument in New York.

Dates from 1992-06-23.

Wikidata Q16270988, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73361, -74.00240

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks
  • Kings Bluff: 2.4 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 52
  • General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue: 0.0 mi
  • Stonewall Inn: 0.0 mi
  • Hess Triangle: 0.0 mi
  • Reverand Antonio Demo C.S.: 0.2 mi
  • New York City AIDS Memorial: 0.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 4.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Palisades: 2.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Gay Liberation Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW268 m19.3 mi
Turkey MountainNW268 m24.4 mi
Waughaw MountainNW263 m23.6 mi
Beech MountainNNW260 m20.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW230 m19.0 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW224 m24.5 mi
LeGrande HillNNW219 m24.5 mi
Mount NeboN208 m22.1 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 50–80 °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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/4672280505

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