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The Suzanne and Carter Bales Quiet Meadow

The Suzanne and Carter Bales Quiet Meadow from directly overhead

The Suzanne and Carter Bales Quiet Meadow is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Schmidlapp-Humes Estate Historic District, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2020-06
Material
rock
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.87302, -73.57320

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
  • John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Dwarf Conifer Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Carl F. Wedell Bird Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
  • Reformed Church of Locust Valley Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • The West Portico: 1.0 mi
  • Circular Pool Cherub: 1.0 mi
  • The Outside In: 1.0 mi
  • Orpheus and Eurydice: 1.1 mi
  • Coach Meeting House Mural: 1.8 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Bailey Arboretum: 1.2 mi
  • Thomas Park L-1: 1.3 mi
  • Gerard Beekman Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Creek Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Townsend Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 7.0 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.8 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.5 mi
  • The Loch: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of The Suzanne and Carter Bales Quiet Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 323°211 m20.6 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 328°180 m19.0 mi
Round HillNNW 342°172 m16.8 mi
Cooney HillNNW 332°170 m17.8 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 324°156 m16.5 mi
Kykuit HillNW 317°147 m20.6 mi
Beaver HillNW 315°140 m18.9 mi
Hackley HillNW 314°140 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13892267867

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