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Red Hook Memorial Doughboy

Red Hook Memorial Doughboy from directly overhead

Red Hook Memorial Doughboy is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Swoon murals, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City

Dates from 1836.

Wikidata Q1781122, matched on coordinates and name (178 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1921
Material
metal

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67806, -74.01187

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Swoon murals: 0.1 mi
  • Hook Studios Mural: 0.2 mi
  • Cabin: 0.9 mi
  • Moving Chains: 0.9 mi
  • Captain America: 1.4 mi
Parks
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 56
  • Slide Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Battle Hill: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.8 mi
  • Palisades: 6.4 mi
  • Palisades: 9.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.3 mi
  • Palisades: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.6 mi
  • The Loch: 8.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Hook Memorial Doughboy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 334°268 m22.4 mi
Beech MountainNNW 333°260 m23.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 334°230 m22.1 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 332°185 m23.7 mi
Moon HillNNW 332°180 m23.4 mi
Stony HillNW 307°179 m15.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 295°175 m15.9 mi
Packanack MountainNW 326°144 m21.2 mi

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 solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11146059243

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