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Site of the Dongan Oak

Site of the Dongan Oak from directly overhead

Site of the Dongan Oak is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle Pass Historic Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
At the Battle of Long Island, on the hill to the north of this site, the Americans had a redoubt with two guns, to guard the Old Valley Grove Road, called by the early settlers the "Porte", meaning gate-way through the hills, and which ran in front of...
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Coordinates40.66616, -73.96655
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Oak Circle: 0.1 mi
  • Rose Arc: 0.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Bluebell Wood: 0.1 mi
  • Monocot Border: 0.2 mi
Museums
Parks
Artworks
Beaches
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.8 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Palisades: 10.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.4 mi
  • The Loch: 8.9 mi
  • The Falls: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of the Dongan Oak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m24.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m24.0 mi
Stony HillNW 305°179 m17.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 294°175 m18.4 mi
Packanack MountainNW 322°144 m23.3 mi
Riker HillWNW 298°134 m21.3 mi
Long HillW 275°126 m24.8 mi
Todt HillWSW 240°125 m9.0 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6582242072

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