Historic site · New York
Jane Jakons Plaque
Jane Jakons Plaque is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bleecker Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- The author and urbanist bought this 1842 rowhouse in 1947 and remained until 1968. While here, Jacobs helped lead successful campaigns to ban cars from Washington Square, to defeat Robert Moses' planned Lower Manhattan Expressway, and to stop his plans fo
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates40.73535, -74.00620
- 8.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Bleecker Playground: 0.1 mi
- Arthur Strickler Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Abingdon Square: 0.1 mi
- Jane Street Garden: 0.2 mi
- McCarthy Square: 0.2 mi
Attractions
- Carrie Bradshaw’s Townhouse: 0.1 mi
- Friends Building: 0.2 mi
- Greenwich Village: 0.2 mi
- Gay Street: 0.3 mi
- Hangman's Elm: 0.5 mi
Gardens
- Grove Court: 0.2 mi
- Golden Swan Garden: 0.4 mi
- School Garden of City-As: 0.4 mi
- Winston Churchill Square Garden: 0.4 mi
- The New School (Lang College) Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Tiles for America: 0.3 mi
- Life Underground: 0.3 mi
- Game Inside the Game: 0.5 mi
- Margaret Loeb Kempner: 0.6 mi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.6 mi
Museums
- Whitney Museum of American Art: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.3 mi
- Ground Zero Museum Workshop: 0.4 mi
- Rubin Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Center for Architecture: 0.6 mi
Beaches
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 0.4 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.3 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.4 mi
- Bird Island: 2.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Kings Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.5 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.5 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.5 mi
- Discovery Hill: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 53
- Hess Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Gay Liberation Monument: 0.2 mi
- Stonewall Inn: 0.2 mi
- General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue: 0.2 mi
- LGBT Memorial: 0.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.8 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.8 mi
- Street Seats: 3.2 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 4.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Palisades: 2.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 13.7 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 13.7 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 19.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Jane Jakons Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 268 m | 19.1 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 308° | 268 m | 24.2 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 309° | 263 m | 23.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 327° | 260 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 328° | 230 m | 18.8 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 335° | 224 m | 24.3 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NNW 327° | 219 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 11° | 208 m | 22.1 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 | 15:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13649321043
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