Grand Central Stones

In November 1905, the New York Central Railroad placed a series of stone samples in the open air on property the railroad controlled within Van Cortlandt Park, to assess the effects of a New York winter on the samples of granite, limestone, and marble.

• 1.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
• 2.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
• 15.1 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational

Local time (America/New_York).

40.89092, -73.89138

Elevation 9 m (modelled from terrain)

• OpenStreetMap record
• Official site