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In Memory of the Unborn

In Memory of the Unborn from directly overhead

In Memory of the Unborn is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Father Reilly Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.9 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
EVERY HUMAN LIFE IS A PRECIOUS GIFT FROM GOD MAY WE COME TO VALUE THE DIGNITY OF ALL HUMAN LIFE IN ITS VARIOUS STAGES FROM CONCEPTION TO NATURAL DEATH ST. ANNE'S COUNCIL #2429 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
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Coordinates40.72316, -73.73737
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Greenstreets: 1.1 mi
  • Hollis Hills Greenstreets: 1.2 mi
  • Pollinator Place: 1.3 mi
  • Windsor Oaks: 1.4 mi
  • Winsor Oaks: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Jam Master Jay: 1.4 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 1.4 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 2.2 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 2.4 mi
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 2.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 6.9 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 7.9 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 4.2 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Unity Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 5.0 mi
Peaks: 54
  • Queens High Point: 2.6 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 8.5 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Area D: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.0 mi
  • Palisades: 14.5 mi
  • Palisades: 15.2 mi
  • Palisades: 15.8 mi
  • Palisades: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 12.6 mi
  • The Loch: 12.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of In Memory of the Unborn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 336°208 m24.6 mi
Kennelwood HillN 357°156 m23.8 mi
Beaver HillN 349°140 m24.2 mi
Hackley HillNNW 347°140 m24.8 mi
Tappan HillNNW 346°127 m24.9 mi
Todt HillWSW 247°125 m21.5 mi
Jayne's HillENE 69°122 m17.5 mi
Harbor HillNE 44°106 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10766714079

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