K.S.
K.S. is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hammerhead Peninsula, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- 10/13/2022
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hammerhead Peninsula: 0.2 mi
- Drummer's Grove: 0.3 mi
- Camperdown Elm: 0.5 mi
- Carousel: 0.7 mi
- Porcupine: 0.8 mi
- Caton Migration Garden: 0.2 mi
- Umma Park: 0.2 mi
- Q Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Prospect Farm: 0.5 mi
- East Fourth Street Garden: 0.7 mi
- Umma Park: 0.2 mi
- Prospect Park Parade Ground: 0.3 mi
- Machate Circle: 0.3 mi
- Concert Grove: 0.4 mi
- Sherman Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Prospect Park War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.4 mi
- Carl Maria von Weber: 0.4 mi
- Moore: 0.4 mi
- Grieg: 0.4 mi
- Dragon Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Now & Then: 0.9 mi
- Panther: 1.1 mi
- Panther: 1.1 mi
- Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness: 1.1 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 0.5 mi
- Lefferts Historic House: 0.8 mi
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: 1.0 mi
- Brooklyn Museum: 1.3 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 1.4 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.8 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 4.5 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 5.1 mi
- Bird Island: 3.5 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 4.8 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 5.0 mi
- Rookery: 5.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.3 mi
- Breeze Hill: 0.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 0.4 mi
- Willink Hill: 0.6 mi
- Quaker Hill: 0.6 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 0.8 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 3.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.5 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.7 mi
- Street Seats: 6.8 mi
- Palisades: 7.4 mi
- Palisades: 8.6 mi
- Palisades: 10.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Palisades: 16.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 0.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 0.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 0.8 mi
- The Loch: 9.8 mi
- The Falls: 17.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 13.4 mi
- North Tower: 17.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 17.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.0 mi
- Barber: 17.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of K.S.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 24.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 307° | 179 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 296° | 175 m | 18.8 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 323° | 144 m | 24.0 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 300° | 134 m | 21.8 mi |
| Long Hill | W 277° | 126 m | 24.9 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 245° | 125 m | 8.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 213° | 120 m | 21.4 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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10288746235
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 4 mi
- Queens · 4 mi
- Downstate New York · 5 mi
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