West 161st Street
West 161st Street is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Broadway, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
Agripina Núñez immigrated to the United States in 1975. She was a parishioner of the Our Lady of Esperanza Church in Manhattan for 44 years and was very involved in causes for the poor and underserved communities. She served as president of the 894 Rivers
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ilka Tanya Payán Park: 0.3 mi
- Mitchel Square: 0.4 mi
- McKenna Square: 0.4 mi
- Roger Morris Park: 0.5 mi
- Audubon Playground: 0.5 mi
- Morris-Jumel Ecological Education Garden: 0.4 mi
- Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill: 0.6 mi
- Harris Garden: 0.6 mi
- Maggie's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Mo' Pals: 0.7 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.6 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 0.7 mi
- Our Gates: 0.8 mi
- Portrait of t.: 0.8 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 1.5 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.0 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 1.0 mi
- Joker Stairs: 1.2 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.5 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 2.0 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.3 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.3 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.9 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.0 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.5 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.1 mi
- Long Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.3 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.6 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Palisades: 3.1 mi
- The Palisades: 7.9 mi
- Thor: 13.7 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 13.8 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.3 mi
- Street Seats: 6.1 mi
- The Backyard: 6.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 7.7 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Broadway: 0.2 mi
- Riverside Drive West: 0.2 mi
- Riverside Drive: 0.3 mi
- Fort Washington Avenue: 0.3 mi
- West 157th Street: 0.4 mi
- The Loch: 3.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.3 mi
- Great Falls: 13.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of West 161st Street. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 305° | 268 m | 16.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 305° | 260 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 304° | 230 m | 15.9 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 319° | 224 m | 20.0 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 4° | 214 m | 19.6 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 21° | 211 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 14.6 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 304° | 185 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Englewood · 4 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
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