Richmond Hill Branch
Richmond Hill Branch is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is The City Don't Sleep, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.7 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
closed Long Island Rail Road station in Queens, New York
Dates from 1869.
Wikidata Q7330863, matched on coordinates and name (60 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- Queensboro Public library enlightenment of the community Ella Flanders a member of the 20th century Club initiated a free circulating library in 1899 located in Arcanum Hall on Jamaica Avenue and 1 16th St. one of the first trustees was Jacob Riis.
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The City Don't Sleep: 0.0 mi
- Egret: 0.7 mi
- Dolphin: 1.3 mi
- Absent Monuments: 1.5 mi
- Jamaica Center Station Riders: 1.7 mi
- Jacob Riis Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Metro Triangle: 0.4 mi
- courtyard: 0.5 mi
- Eight Oaks Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Lieutenant Frank McConnell Park: 0.5 mi
- Morris Park World War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Richmond Hill War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Mast of Yacht Columbia: 1.3 mi
- Memorial to the Veterans of World War I of Forest Hills: 1.3 mi
- Woodhaven Library: 1.6 mi
- Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens: 0.9 mi
- George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 1.4 mi
- Dunton Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Ian MacLennan Garden: 1.6 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 1.3 mi
- Welcome Center: 2.5 mi
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 3.0 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 3.1 mi
- Domestic Animals: 3.1 mi
- King Manor Museum: 1.5 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 2.6 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 2.6 mi
- Queens Museum: 3.2 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 3.2 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.0 mi
- Rookery: 6.0 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 6.2 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 6.8 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.8 mi
- Parsons Beach: 6.4 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 7.2 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 8.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 8.3 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.1 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.2 mi
- Queens High Point: 7.1 mi
- Willink Hill: 7.4 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 7.6 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area D: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Area F: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Area G: 6.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Palisades: 11.0 mi
- Palisades: 11.2 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
- Palisades: 14.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.8 mi
- The Loch: 9.3 mi
- The Falls: 13.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richmond Hill Branch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 348° | 208 m | 24.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 290° | 179 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 282° | 175 m | 24.4 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 245° | 125 m | 16.4 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 70° | 122 m | 22.7 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 56° | 106 m | 12.1 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 69° | 106 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 345° | 85 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13685598902
Day trips start here
- Queens/Forest Park · 1 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 4 mi
- Queens · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 6 mi
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