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Quaker Meeting

Quaker Meeting from directly overhead

Quaker Meeting is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Messenger, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1967
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Glen Cove
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.86604, -73.59467

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Thomas Park L-1: 0.6 mi
  • Big Ralph Park: 1.3 mi
  • Danis Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bailey Arboretum: 1.6 mi
  • Dennis Brian Murray Park: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Jesus: 1.4 mi
  • Mary: 1.5 mi
  • The Outside In: 1.8 mi
  • Dance Studio: 1.9 mi
  • The West Portico: 1.9 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 8.1 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 35
  • Upper Education Area: 4.5 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.9 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.9 mi
  • The Loch: 19.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 15.2 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: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Quaker Meeting. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 326°211 m20.3 mi
Mount NeboNW 306°208 m21.5 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 331°180 m18.9 mi
Round HillNNW 346°172 m16.9 mi
Cooney HillNNW 336°170 m17.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 329°156 m16.3 mi
Kykuit HillNW 320°147 m20.2 mi
Beaver HillNW 319°140 m18.5 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9898155678

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