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Grand Dame

Grand Dame from directly overhead

Grand Dame is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Limekiln Mountain stands 342 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Brick Factory Foundation, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates41.11687, -73.86798

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Parks
  • Scarborough Park: 1.3 mi
  • Douglas Park: 1.7 mi
  • DeVries Park: 1.8 mi
  • Pocantico Lake County Park: 2.0 mi
  • Pocantico Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Battle Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Kykuit Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Hook Mountain: 2.6 mi
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • River Arch: 2.8 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 3.5 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 3.5 mi
  • Current: 3.5 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 3.6 mi
Cliffs
  • Raven's Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 9.8 mi
  • Palisades: 10.5 mi
  • The Palisades: 11.8 mi
  • Pulpit: 15.0 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 18
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 12.0 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 13.0 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
  • Area B: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Farms Falls: 13.2 mi
  • The Falls: 15.9 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Grand Dame. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Limekiln MountainWNW 297°342 m12.1 mi
Panther MountainWNW 293°334 m12.3 mi
Horse Chock MountainWNW 303°330 m11.8 mi
Cheesecote MountainWNW 303°296 m11.1 mi
Eagle RockWNW 295°293 m12.1 mi
Turkey MountainNNE 22°253 m9.8 mi
High TorNW 314°244 m7.0 mi
Buckberg MountainNW 324°241 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1815:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13174559818

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