William Cullen Bryant
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William Cullen Bryant is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gertrude Stein, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
The William Cullen Bryant Memorial is an outdoor sculpture of William Cullen Bryant, located at Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York. The bronze statue was created by Herbert Adams and installed in 1911, the year the New York Public Library Main Branch building was completed. The statue of William Cullen Bryant was one of the statues of “Eminent Americans” that surrounded the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California. The William Cullen Bryant Memorial was a bronze of the same work by Herbert Adams. A portion of Bryant's poem, Thanatopsis, is at the base of the monument behind the New York Public Library which was not a part of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition work. Adam's sculpture of Bryant is of an authoritative, elderly man in a conventional business suit with a throw on Bryant's lap suggesting he is a sedentary man, likely to retreat to his books and papers. He sits on an ancient Greek styled chair that recalls his love of the classics. The Bryant Memorial is an example of the legacy of the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago which spurred the City Beautiful movement in New York.
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Wikidata Q17300112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1911-10-24
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- 1794-1878 YET LET NO EMPTY GUST OF PASSION FIND AN UTTERANCE IN THY LAY A BLAST THAT WHIRLS THE DUST ALONG THE HOWLING STREET AND DIES AWAY BUT FEELINGS OF CALM POWER AND MIGHTY SWEEP, LIKE CURRENTS JOURNEYING THROUGH THE WINDLESS DEEP.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gertrude Stein: 0.0 mi
- Wendell L. Willkie: 0.0 mi
- William Earl Dodge: 0.0 mi
- Goethe: 0.1 mi
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: 0.1 mi
- Stephen A. Schwarzman Building: 0.0 mi
- Bryant Park: 0.0 mi
- Le Carrousel: 0.1 mi
- Grand Central Terminal: 0.3 mi
- Times Square Ball: 0.3 mi
- Verizon Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Marsh & McLennan Public Space: 0.2 mi
- Pershing Square: 0.3 mi
- Herald Square: 0.3 mi
- Channel Gardens: 0.4 mi
- The Morgan Library & Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Broadway: 0.3 mi
- The AKC Museum of the Dog: 0.3 mi
- Madame Tussauds New York: 0.4 mi
- June 4th Memorial Exhibit: 0.5 mi
- Lobby Garden: 0.4 mi
- Amster Yard: 0.7 mi
- Katharine Hepburn Garden: 0.7 mi
- Clinton Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Alice's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.0 mi
- Bird Island: 4.0 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.0 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.2 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.7 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.9 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.2 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Great Hill: 3.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Street Seats: 1.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Palisades: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Palisades: 9.8 mi
- The Loch: 3.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.4 mi
- The Falls: 11.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.0 mi
- Barber: 21.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of William Cullen Bryant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 323° | 268 m | 18.8 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 305° | 263 m | 23.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 322° | 260 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 322° | 230 m | 18.5 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 332° | 224 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 20.6 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 321° | 185 m | 20.2 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 321° | 180 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| 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 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Manhattan/Midtown East · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 1 mi
- Hoboken · 2 mi
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