Historic site · New York
West 181st Street
West 181st Street is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
This honorary street name meorializes Manolo Tavarez Justo.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.84823, -73.93110
- 1.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- West 181st Street: 0.0 mi
- West 181st Street: 0.0 mi
- West 181st Street: 0.1 mi
- McNally Plaza: 0.1 mi
- West 183rd Street: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Tenzer Garden: 0.2 mi
- Danciger Quadrangle: 0.2 mi
- Bridge Park: 0.2 mi
- Wallenberg Playground: 0.4 mi
- Plaza de las Americas: 0.4 mi
Peaks
- Manhattan High Point: 0.5 mi
- Long Hill: 1.2 mi
- Inwood Hill: 1.8 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 2.3 mi
Artworks
- Sidewalk Flowers: 0.6 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 0.6 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 0.7 mi
- Columnade: 0.9 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 1.6 mi
Gardens
- Mosaic Garden: 0.6 mi
- The Garden: 0.8 mi
- Roberto Clemente Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Riley-Levin Children's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Morris-Jumel Ecological Education Garden: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 7.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
- Joker Stairs: 0.9 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.9 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 1.9 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 2.0 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 2.3 mi
Cliffs
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Palisades: 3.0 mi
- Palisades: 4.1 mi
- The Palisades: 7.1 mi
- Palisades: 7.2 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 1.5 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.5 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.0 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 2.4 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.0 mi
- Street Seats: 6.8 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.9 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- The Backyard: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Loch: 4.0 mi
- The Falls: 5.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of West 181st Street. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 301° | 268 m | 16.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 301° | 260 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 300° | 230 m | 16.2 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 2° | 214 m | 18.8 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 19° | 211 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 1° | 208 m | 13.9 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 300° | 185 m | 18.0 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 300° | 180 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 | 07:17 | 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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/420874492
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 2 mi
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 3 mi
- Englewood · 4 mi
- Manhattan · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 5 mi
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