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R.R. Station

R.R. Station from directly overhead

R.R. Station is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Ralph Park, a park 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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.85850, -73.62046

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Big Ralph Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dennis Brian Murray Park: 0.3 mi
  • Danis Park: 0.3 mi
  • Harriet Barnes Pratt Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pratt Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 4.1 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Queens High Point: 8.7 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 36
  • Upper Education Area: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 5.9 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 11.7 mi
  • The Loch: 18.3 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.5 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of R.R. Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW 337°216 m21.9 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 330°211 m20.0 mi
Mount NeboNW 310°208 m20.7 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 336°180 m18.8 mi
Round HillN 351°172 m17.2 mi
Cooney HillNNW 341°170 m17.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 334°156 m16.1 mi
Prospect HillNNW 329°148 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
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/9898155691

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