Prospect Cemetery
Prospect Cemetery is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Jamaica Center Station Riders, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.3 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States.
Wikidata Q7250729, matched on coordinates and name (154 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- Original Jamaica town burying ground, established 1660. Egbert Benson born 1746 died 1833, buried here. First Attorney General N.Y. State. State Education Department 1936
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- King Manor Museum: 0.3 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 2.2 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 2.6 mi
- Queens Museum: 4.0 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 4.1 mi
- Rufus King Park: 0.3 mi
- Ashmead Park: 0.4 mi
- Norelli-Hargreaves Memorial Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Marconi Park: 0.6 mi
- Avalon Terrace Park: 0.6 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.4 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 5.8 mi
- Virginia Point: 6.0 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 6.3 mi
- Parsons Beach: 5.4 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 6.8 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 8.0 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 8.3 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 8.6 mi
- George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 2: 0.6 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 1: 0.6 mi
- Paradise Community Garden NY: 0.8 mi
- Tree of Life Organic Garden: 0.8 mi
- Spanish American War: 0.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.9 mi
- American Legion Hillcrest Post 1078 and Auxiliary: 1.4 mi
- Morris Park World War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Liberty Rock: 1.7 mi
- Welcome Center: 2.5 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 3.0 mi
- JFK: 3.4 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.7 mi
- Unity Garden: 3.7 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 5.6 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.8 mi
- Willink Hill: 9.1 mi
- Breeze Hill: 9.3 mi
- Jamaica Center Station Riders: 0.1 mi
- Absent Monuments: 0.2 mi
- Wingdale: 0.9 mi
- Madonna: 1.1 mi
- St. Paul of the Cross: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area F: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area G: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area B: 5.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Palisades: 12.5 mi
- The Palisades: 18.3 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.5 mi
- The Loch: 10.6 mi
- Great Falls: 24.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prospect Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 344° | 208 m | 24.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 288° | 179 m | 24.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 247° | 125 m | 18.0 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 68° | 122 m | 21.1 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 51° | 106 m | 10.7 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 67° | 106 m | 20.7 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 71° | 92 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 338° | 85 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12481565367
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 0 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 5 mi
- Queens · 6 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 8 mi
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