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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. Pyramid Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 23 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: 60
Museums
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
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 38
Cliffs: 11
  • Palisades: 2.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 11.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 11.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • 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 22.8 miles of Lincoln the Mystic. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid MountainNW283 m22.8 mi
Sheep HillNW276 m22.0 mi
High MountainNNW268 m18.3 mi
Turkey MountainNW268 m22.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNW263 m21.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW260 m19.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW230 m18.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW185 m19.4 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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