Liberty Rock
Liberty Rock is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Triangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- We Move The Earth SAVE OUR CHILDREN TODAY OR THEY WILL HAVE NO TOMORROW
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 14.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Liberty Triangle: 0.0 mi
- Gladys Warren Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Peters Field: 0.5 mi
- Daniel M O'Connell Playground: 0.5 mi
- Hollis Veterans Square: 0.5 mi
- King Manor Museum: 1.9 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 2.4 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 3.5 mi
- The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives: 3.6 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 5.0 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 5.3 mi
- Virginia Point: 5.3 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 5.3 mi
- Parsons Beach: 4.8 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 8.1 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 8.1 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 8.3 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 8.3 mi
- St. Albans Local Development: 0.8 mi
- Tree of Life Organic Garden: 0.9 mi
- Merrick-Marsden Neighbors Association, Inc.: 1.2 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 1: 1.4 mi
- Phoenix Gate Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Welcome Center: 3.4 mi
- JFK: 3.6 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 4.5 mi
- Circle Garden: 4.5 mi
- Unity Garden: 4.5 mi
- David M. "Duke" Nugent: 0.9 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 1.7 mi
- Spanish American War: 1.8 mi
- James J. FitzGerald Memorial Plaque: 2.0 mi
- Queens High Point: 4.5 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 7.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 8.4 mi
- Harbor Hill: 9.4 mi
- Janes Hill: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area F: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area G: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area B: 4.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Palisades: 13.8 mi
- The Palisades: 18.9 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.1 mi
- The Loch: 11.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.5 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Liberty Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | WSW 249° | 125 m | 19.6 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 66° | 122 m | 19.5 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 45° | 106 m | 9.4 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 66° | 106 m | 19.2 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 70° | 92 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 332° | 85 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 68° | 85 m | 17.5 mi |
| Manhattan High Point | NW 319° | 81 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11971346608
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 2 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 4 mi
- Garden City · 6 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 6 mi
- Manhasset · 7 mi
- Mineola · 7 mi
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