Macombs Dam Bridge
Macombs Dam Bridge is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is West 155th Street, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
This honorary street name memorializes Charles Hamilton Houston.
The story
Bridge between Manhattan and the Bronx, New York.
Wikidata Q6724821, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Holcombe Rucker Park: 0.1 mi
- Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Convent Garden: 0.3 mi
- Percy E. Sutton Playground: 0.3 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 0.3 mi
- Bradhurst Community Garden of Love: 0.1 mi
- Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Harris Garden: 0.2 mi
- Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill: 0.3 mi
- Morris-Jumel Ecological Education Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Story Telling: 0.2 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 0.3 mi
- Children's Cultural Center of Native America: 0.4 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 0.6 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 0.6 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.6 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.7 mi
- Joker Stairs: 0.9 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.9 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.5 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.6 mi
- Our Gates: 0.8 mi
- Portrait of t.: 0.8 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.3 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.0 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.0 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.8 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.3 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.6 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 4.0 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.6 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.8 mi
- Janes Hill: 1.8 mi
- Long Hill: 2.5 mi
- Great Hill: 2.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.1 mi
- The Palisades: 8.4 mi
- Thor: 14.3 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 14.3 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.7 mi
- Street Seats: 5.5 mi
- The Backyard: 7.0 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.2 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- West 155th Street: 0.1 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.1 mi
- Saint Nicholas Avenue: 0.2 mi
- West 160th Street: 0.3 mi
- West 159th Street: 0.4 mi
- The Loch: 2.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.7 mi
- Great Falls: 14.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Macombs Dam Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 306° | 268 m | 16.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 306° | 260 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 305° | 230 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 3° | 214 m | 20.2 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 19° | 211 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 2° | 208 m | 15.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 304° | 185 m | 18.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 304° | 180 m | 18.0 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/420895470
Day trips start here
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 4 mi
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