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Northwest Ordinance

Northwest Ordinance from directly overhead

Northwest Ordinance is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is George Washington, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Inscription
On this site the United State in Congress Assembled on the 13th day of July in the Year of Our Lord 1787 and of their sovereignty and Independence the twelfth, enacted an Ordinance for the government of the territory north west of the River Ohio, by...
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.70718, -74.01059
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Parks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Grassy Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 7.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.9 mi
  • The Loch: 6.6 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Northwest Ordinance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m20.7 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 313°263 m24.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 330°260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 331°230 m20.4 mi
Mount NeboN 10°208 m24.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 329°185 m22.0 mi
Moon HillNNW 329°180 m21.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11053136318

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