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Navy Walk Tablet

Navy Walk Tablet from directly overhead

Navy Walk Tablet is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bethesda Fountain, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1947-05-14
Inscription
NAVY WALK|TREES PLANTED ALONG THIS WALK|COMMEMORATE THE MAJOR|NAVAL BATTTLES|OF WORLD WAR II|PEARL HARBOR|LEYTE GULF|JAVA SEA|MIDWAY|CORAL SEA|SAVO ISLAND|CAPE ESPERANCE|CASABLANCA|KOMANDORSKI|KULA GULF|PHILIPPINE SEA|MARASSAR STRAIT|DEDICATED MAY 14, 194
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.77427, -73.97134
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 1.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.8 mi
  • The Falls: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Navy Walk Tablet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 319°268 m18.0 mi
Beech MountainNW 318°260 m19.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 318°230 m17.8 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 328°224 m22.8 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m19.1 mi
Poacher PeakNW 317°185 m19.5 mi
Moon HillNW 317°180 m19.2 mi
Stony HillW 280°179 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10828746354

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