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Site of Shea Stadium First Base 1964-2008

Site of Shea Stadium First Base 1964-2008 from directly overhead

Site of Shea Stadium First Base 1964-2008 is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Shea Stadium Pitcher's Plate 1964-2008, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.

About

The story

1964-2009 sports stadium in Queens, New York, USA

Dates from 1961-10-28.

Wikidata Q1056326, matched on coordinates and name (0 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.75556, -73.84806
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Rocket Park: 0.6 mi
  • Aviary: 0.6 mi
  • Owl: 0.7 mi
  • Coyote: 0.7 mi
  • Roosevelt Elk: 0.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Maspeth Plateau: 3.1 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Janes Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Morris: 6.0 mi
  • Great Hill: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Hallet’s Cove: 4.7 mi
  • Parsons Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 19
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.2 mi
  • Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Palisades: 9.1 mi
  • Palisades: 10.3 mi
  • Palisades: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • The Loch: 6.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.2 mi
  • The Falls: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Site of Shea Stadium First Base 1964-2008. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 309°268 m23.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 308°230 m23.4 mi
Mount NeboNNW 349°208 m20.7 mi
Stony HillW 281°179 m21.1 mi
Mayapple HillW 273°175 m23.1 mi
Kennelwood HillNNE 12°156 m22.0 mi
Kykuit HillN 0°147 m23.1 mi
Beaver HillN 3°140 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5334055583

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