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Sugar House Prison Window

Sugar House Prison Window from directly overhead

Sugar House Prison Window is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Civic Fame, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10.0 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
This window was originally part of the five story Sugar House built in 1763 at the corner of Duane and Rose Streets and used by the British during the Revolutionary War as prison for American Patriots.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.71256, -74.00371
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 60
  • Grassy Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.1 mi
  • Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Palisades: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.0 mi
  • The Loch: 6.1 mi
  • The Falls: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugar House Prison Window. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m20.5 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 312°263 m24.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 329°260 m21.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m20.2 mi
Mount NeboN 10°208 m23.6 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 328°185 m21.8 mi
Moon HillNNW 328°180 m21.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m14.3 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 °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6946750328

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