Macombs Dam Bridge
Macombs Dam Bridge is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.3 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
- 2.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 0.0 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 0.2 mi
- West 155th Street: 0.3 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.3 mi
- Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Holcombe Rucker Park: 0.1 mi
- Percy E. Sutton Playground: 0.1 mi
- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Playground: 0.2 mi
- Frederick Johnson Park: 0.2 mi
- Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Bradhurst Community Garden of Love: 0.2 mi
- Harris Garden: 0.4 mi
- Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill: 0.4 mi
- Taqwa Community Farm: 0.4 mi
- Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Story Telling: 0.4 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 0.5 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 0.5 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 0.5 mi
- Children's Cultural Center of Native America: 0.6 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.7 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.7 mi
- Joker Stairs: 0.8 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.9 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.4 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.8 mi
- Our Gates: 1.0 mi
- Portrait of t.: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.2 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.4 mi
- Janes Hill: 1.7 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.7 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.7 mi
- Great Hill: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 2.5 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.2 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.4 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.7 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 4.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.4 mi
- Palisades: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Palisades: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.6 mi
- Street Seats: 5.4 mi
- The Backyard: 7.2 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.3 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- The Loch: 2.6 mi
- The Falls: 6.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 19.3 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 | 16.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 305° | 260 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 305° | 230 m | 16.7 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 2° | 214 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 2° | 208 m | 15.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 304° | 185 m | 18.5 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 304° | 180 m | 18.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 266° | 179 m | 16.2 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/1452454292
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 4 mi
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