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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.

What the record says

Built
1935
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86625, -73.59178

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

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
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
Museums
Nature reserves
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
Attractions: 57
Gardens: 53
Historic sites: 47
Picnic sites: 33
  • 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: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Farms Falls: 17.9 mi
  • The Loch: 19.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 24.4 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

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 HillNW211 m20.4 mi
Reynolds HillNNW180 m18.9 mi
Round HillNNW172 m17.0 mi
Cooney HillNNW170 m17.8 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW156 m16.4 mi
Kykuit HillNW147 m20.3 mi
Beaver HillNW140 m18.6 mi
Hackley HillNW140 m19.5 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11905215129

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