Historic site · New York
Grand Dame
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.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates41.11687, -73.86798
- 6.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
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: 60
- Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 1.9 mi
- Philipsburg Manor: 1.9 mi
- Headless Horseman Statue: 1.9 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 5.2 mi
- House Of Sports: 7.3 mi
Museums
- Philipsburg Manor Visitor Center: 2.0 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 3.1 mi
- Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber: 3.2 mi
- Lyndhurst Mansion: 4.3 mi
- History Center Museum: 7.2 mi
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
Beaches
- Brick Beach: 9.9 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 10.6 mi
- Huylers Beach: 13.6 mi
- Shore Acres Pool Club Beach: 14.1 mi
- Hawthorne Beach: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 58
- Brick Factory Foundation: 1.2 mi
- Luis Zhizhpon: 1.6 mi
- Wolrd War II Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Gold Star Mothers: 2.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 2.4 mi
Cliffs
- Raven's Rock: 3.0 mi
- Palisades: 10.5 mi
- The Palisades: 11.8 mi
- Pulpit: 15.0 mi
- Torch: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 57
- Peabody Monarch Garden: 1.2 mi
- Dooryard Garden: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Merestead Formal Garden: 9.5 mi
Artworks
- River Arch: 2.8 mi
- Converging Vistas: 3.5 mi
- Current: 3.5 mi
- Tappan Zee: 3.6 mi
- Approach: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Peabody Preserve Outdoor Classroom: 1.2 mi
- Tommy Thurber Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Crawbuckie Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Sheldon Swamp: 4.0 mi
- Taxter Ridge: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 17
- 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: 9
- Farms Falls: 13.2 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 20.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 20.8 mi
- Great Falls: 21.4 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 18.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Doodletown: 14.4 mi
- Cuties Island: 19.4 mi
- Monksville: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 21.9 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Grand Dame. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limekiln Mountain | WNW 297° | 342 m | 12.1 mi |
| Panther Mountain | WNW 293° | 334 m | 12.3 mi |
| Horse Chock Mountain | WNW 303° | 330 m | 11.8 mi |
| Catamount Mountain | WNW 289° | 325 m | 12.4 mi |
| Cheesecote Mountain | WNW 303° | 296 m | 11.1 mi |
| Eagle Rock | WNW 295° | 293 m | 12.1 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NNE 22° | 253 m | 9.8 mi |
| High Tor | NW 314° | 244 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13174559818
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- Briarcliff Manor · 2 mi
- Sleepy Hollow · 2 mi
- Nyack · 3 mi
- Ossining · 3 mi
- Tarrytown · 3 mi
- Elmsford · 5 mi
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