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The Ark of Return

The Ark of Return from directly overhead

The Ark of Return is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Celebrating Jean Sibelius, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.1 miles off.

Permanent Memorial to Honour teh Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Acknowledge the Tragedy - Consider the Legacy - Lest We Forget
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.75047, -73.96689
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.1 mi
  • Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.9 mi
  • Palisades: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 3.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.1 mi
  • The Falls: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of The Ark of Return. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 322°268 m19.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 321°260 m20.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m19.2 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m20.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m20.9 mi
Moon HillNW 319°180 m20.6 mi
Stony HillWNW 286°179 m15.1 mi
Mayapple HillW 275°175 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3894881938

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