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Starch Works

Starch Works from directly overhead

Starch Works is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Harriet Barnes Pratt Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 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
Coordinates40.86151, -73.63423

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harriet Barnes Pratt Park: 0.0 mi
  • Pratt Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • City Stadium Park: 0.2 mi
  • Monument Park: 0.5 mi
  • Danis Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Queens High Point: 8.4 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 36
  • Upper Education Area: 6.6 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 6.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.9 mi
  • The Loch: 17.6 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.6 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Starch Works. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW 338°216 m21.4 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 332°211 m19.5 mi
Mount NeboNW 310°208 m20.0 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 337°180 m18.3 mi
Round HillN 353°172 m16.9 mi
Cooney HillNNW 343°170 m17.3 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 336°156 m15.6 mi
Prospect HillNNW 330°148 m21.4 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 solstice07:1615:4716:30

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/9898155693

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