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Postcards, a historic site in New York
Postcards, a historic site in New YorkJackie from Monmouth County, NJ, USA · CC BY 2.0
Postcards, a historic site in New York
Jackie from Monmouth County, NJ, USA · CC BY 2.0
Postcards, a historic site in New York
Shannon from Huntsville, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Postcards, a historic site in New York
Shannon from Huntsville, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Postcards, a historic site in New York
Shannon from Huntsville, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Postcards, a historic site in New York
Jim.henderson · CC0

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Postcards is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is St. George Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

Postcards is an outdoor sculpture in St. George, Staten Island, New York City, United States. Built in 2004, it is a permanent memorial honoring the 274 Staten Island residents killed in the September 11 attacks of 2001 and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The dead include many who worked at the World Trade Center, police and firefighters who joined the rescue effort and were killed when the towers collapsed, and one passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, who died in the crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. One individual who was killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is also represented.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2003.

Wikidata Q530301, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
2004
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.64679, -74.07649
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Park Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 2.2 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Todt Hill: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.9 mi
  • The Loch: 11.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Postcards. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 344°268 m23.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 342°260 m24.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 344°230 m22.9 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 293°217 m24.6 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 341°185 m24.3 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 295°180 m23.8 mi
Moon HillNNW 341°180 m24.0 mi
Stony HillNW 323°179 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/417259741

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