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Messenger

Messenger from directly overhead

Messenger is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Quaker Meeting, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1935
Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.86625, -73.59178

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Thomas Park L-1: 0.7 mi
  • Big Ralph Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bailey Arboretum: 1.5 mi
  • Danis Park: 1.7 mi
  • Dennis Brian Murray Park: 1.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Jesus: 1.5 mi
  • Mary: 1.6 mi
  • The Outside In: 1.7 mi
  • The West Portico: 1.8 mi
  • Circular Pool Cherub: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 8.0 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 35
  • Upper Education Area: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.8 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.9 mi
  • The Loch: 19.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.5 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Messenger. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 326°211 m20.4 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 331°180 m18.9 mi
Round HillNNW 345°172 m17.0 mi
Cooney HillNNW 336°170 m17.8 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 328°156 m16.4 mi
Kykuit HillNW 320°147 m20.3 mi
Beaver HillNW 319°140 m18.6 mi
Hackley HillNW 317°140 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11905215129

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