Historic site · New York
The Standard Bearer
The Standard Bearer is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Triangle Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1907
How to reach it
Coordinates41.40277, -74.32099
- 9.9 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 15 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 20 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 21 mi
- Panther Rock · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Cliffs
- Lemon Squeezer: 14.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 15.1 mi
- steep bluff: 15.6 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 16.2 mi
- Hell Hole: 17.8 mi
Peaks
- Murray Hill: 0.5 mi
- Goshen Hills: 2.4 mi
- Mount Joy: 2.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.9 mi
- Denton Hill: 3.5 mi
Parks
- Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
- Erie Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Good Time Park: 0.5 mi
- Delta Park: 0.5 mi
- Salesian Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 54
- Hambletonian Monument: 3.5 mi
- 9/11 Monument: 4.0 mi
- Butter Factory marker: 4.8 mi
- William Henry Seward Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 5.9 mi
Artworks
- Power Teach: 7.8 mi
- Wine and Design Warwick: 11.6 mi
- Storm King Wall: 13.1 mi
- Wave Field: 13.1 mi
- Three-Fold Manifestation II: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 41
- The Dragon: 1.4 mi
- Dragon's Apprentice: 1.5 mi
- Coast Guard Academy: 1.5 mi
- Ocean Explorer: 1.5 mi
- Merlin's Flying Machines: 1.5 mi
Museums: 39
- Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Middletown Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- The Pines Museum: 7.2 mi
- Brick House Museum: 11.3 mi
- Edmonston House: 13.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Stony Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.8 mi
- Hunter Farm Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Laurel Hill Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway: 11.0 mi
- Gobbler's Knob State Forest: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 32
- East Coast: 1.6 mi
- Middle America: 1.6 mi
- New York City: 1.6 mi
- Las Vegas: 1.6 mi
- Midtown: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 29
- Stone Beach: 14.8 mi
- Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 14.9 mi
- LakemPanoranma Beach: 15.1 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 15.2 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 22
- Mine Hole Falls: 17.6 mi
- Horseshoe Mines Falls: 19.0 mi
- Mullet Falls: 19.5 mi
- Verkeerderkill Falls: 19.5 mi
- Denton Falls: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Middletown Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 5.4 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 16.6 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 16.7 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Doodletown: 18.0 mi
- Monksville: 19.3 mi
- Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District: 23.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Rail-Trail Spring: 13.7 mi
- Artesian Spring: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Reservable Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Kakiat Park: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of The Standard Bearer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schunnemunk Mountain | E 94° | 507 m | 10.6 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | S 187° | 454 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Hope | WNW 303° | 428 m | 12.1 mi |
| High Point | E 101° | 423 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bull Hill | ESE 106° | 423 m | 13.4 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | ESE 112° | 416 m | 13.1 mi |
| Warwick Mountain | S 186° | 410 m | 12.2 mi |
| Lindley Mountain | SE 128° | 390 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:53 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown 2 NW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8896929547
Day trips start here
- Highlands · 18 mi
- Cold Spring · 19 mi
- Stony Point · 20 mi
- Suffern · 22 mi
- Rockland County · 23 mi
- Monsey · 24 mi
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