Japanese Peace Bell
Japanese Peace Bell is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is United Nations Headquarters, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.2 miles off.
The story
Peace Bell at the United Nations.
Dates from 1952.
Wikidata Q2067390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- United Nations Headquarters: 0.0 mi
- Freedom plaza: 0.2 mi
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 0.5 mi
- Strange Days Album Cover Location: 0.6 mi
- Grand Central Terminal: 0.6 mi
- Single Form: 0.1 mi
- Kusikawsay: 0.1 mi
- Non-Violence: 0.1 mi
- Celebrating Jean Sibelius: 0.1 mi
- Peace Form One: 0.1 mi
- Ralph Bunche Park: 0.1 mi
- Robert Moses Playground: 0.1 mi
- Tudor City Greens - North Park: 0.1 mi
- Trygve Lie Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Tudor City Greens - South Park: 0.2 mi
- Katharine Hepburn Garden: 0.2 mi
- Amster Yard: 0.4 mi
- Entry Court: 0.8 mi
- LIC Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Sutton Terrace Courtyard: 0.9 mi
- The AKC Museum of the Dog: 0.5 mi
- The Morgan Library & Museum: 0.7 mi
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum: 0.9 mi
- Underpenny Museum Antique & Collectables: 0.9 mi
- Paley Center for Media: 0.9 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.4 mi
- Bird Island: 4.0 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.7 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.1 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.7 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Great Hill: 3.3 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.5 mi
- The Ark of Return: 0.1 mi
- Lowell Kingsley Hanson: 0.3 mi
- Irving Berlin: 0.3 mi
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 0.3 mi
- Smallpox Hospital: 0.5 mi
- Street Seats: 1.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 3.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.0 mi
- The Palisades: 14.1 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.8 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 14.8 mi
- The Loch: 3.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Great Falls: 16.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.4 mi
- Barber: 21.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Japanese Peace Bell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 322° | 268 m | 19.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 321° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 321° | 230 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 6° | 208 m | 20.8 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 320° | 185 m | 20.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 320° | 180 m | 20.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 287° | 179 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 276° | 175 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5115375199
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 1 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
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