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Lincoln the Mystic

Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site in New Jersey
Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site in New JerseyMacaddct1984 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site in New Jersey
Macaddct1984 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site in New Jersey
Macaddct1984 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site in New Jersey
Oleg Yunakov · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site in New Jersey
Oleg Yunakov · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site in New Jersey
Oleg Yunakov · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lincoln the Mystic is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyd-McGuiness Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

Lincoln the Mystic, also known as the Abraham Lincoln Memorial, is a bronze statue by James Earle Fraser. It is located at Lincoln Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, near the beginning of the Lincoln Highway. A full size bronze replica stands in front of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1929.

Wikidata Q6551213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.72247, -74.07609
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Pesin Drive Grove: 1.9 mi
  • North Cove Field: 2.1 mi
  • Crescent Field: 2.1 mi
  • Cherry Tree Grove: 2.1 mi
  • Riverside Community Garden: 2.2 mi
Beaches
  • Caven Point Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Newport Sand Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.6 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Little Snake Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.2 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.1 mi
  • The Loch: 7.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Lincoln the Mystic. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep HillNW 308°276 m22.0 mi
High MountainNNW 340°268 m18.3 mi
Turkey MountainNW 315°268 m22.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 317°263 m21.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 338°260 m19.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 339°230 m18.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 336°185 m19.4 mi
Moon HillNNW 336°180 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441526372787669574637
Precip in3.73.34.34.14.44.94.84.44.34.13.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8905058396

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