George Washington
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George Washington is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Union Square, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
George Washington is an outdoor sculpture by Henry Kirke Brown (1814–1886), located in Union Square, Manhattan, in the United States. The bronze equestrian statue was dedicated in 1856 and is the oldest sculpture in the New York City Parks collection. It depicts George Washington beginning his triumphant march of the Continental Army through Manhattan on Evacuation Day, November 25, 1783, soon after the British Army had departed New York City.
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Dates from 1856.
Wikidata Q17182170, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1856-07-04
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 8.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gandhi Garden: 0.0 mi
- The New School (Lang College) Park: 0.4 mi
- East Side Outside Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Golden Swan Garden: 0.6 mi
- Sasaki Garden: 0.6 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Gramercy Park: 0.3 mi
- Abe Lebewohl Park: 0.4 mi
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens Playground: 0.4 mi
- Cooper Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Yeshiva University Museum: 0.2 mi
- Rubin Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- The Ukrainian Museum: 0.5 mi
- Merchant's House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Poster House: 0.6 mi
- La de forest house: 0.3 mi
- Mark Twain House: 0.3 mi
- Flatiron Building: 0.4 mi
- Flatiron District: 0.4 mi
- The Friends Experience: 0.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.1 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Bird Island: 2.7 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.4 mi
- Old Union Square: 0.0 mi
- Independence Flagstaff: 0.0 mi
- Union Square Drinking Fountain: 0.0 mi
- Metronome: 0.1 mi
- Alamo: 0.4 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Vista Rock: 3.2 mi
- Summit Rock: 3.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mohandas Gandhi: 0.0 mi
- Marquis de Lafayette: 0.0 mi
- Edwin Booth: 0.3 mi
- Antonín Dvořák: 0.4 mi
- The Triangle Fire Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Street Seats: 2.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.6 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.8 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.5 mi
- Palisades: 2.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.2 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 14.4 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.4 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 14.4 mi
- The Loch: 4.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.9 mi
- Barber: 19.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of George Washington. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 326° | 268 m | 19.5 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 308° | 263 m | 24.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 325° | 260 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 326° | 230 m | 19.3 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 334° | 224 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 21.9 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 324° | 185 m | 20.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 324° | 180 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/424555887
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 1 mi
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