Commanding Officer's Quarters
Commanding Officer's Quarters is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Governor's Island Kayaking, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
United States historic place on Governors Island, New York
Dates from 1843.
Wikidata Q4683626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 9.0 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Governor's Island Kayaking: 0.1 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.9 mi
- The Genius of Communication: 1.0 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 1.0 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 1.0 mi
- Fort Jay: 0.2 mi
- East: 0.3 mi
- West: 0.4 mi
- St. Mihiel Dock: 0.5 mi
- South: 0.8 mi
- The Trust for Governors Island: 0.2 mi
- Fraunces Tavern Museum: 0.9 mi
- National Museum of the American Indian: 0.9 mi
- The Waterfront Museum: 1.1 mi
- Skyscraper Museum: 1.1 mi
- Urban Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Pier 6 Flower Field: 0.6 mi
- Backyard Garden: 0.6 mi
- South Brooklyn Children's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Exploratory Marsh: 0.7 mi
- Moving Chains: 0.7 mi
- Cabin: 0.7 mi
- Coast Guard Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Swoon murals: 0.8 mi
- Porkchop, the bulldog bootlegger: 0.8 mi
- Adam Yauch Park: 0.8 mi
- Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park: 0.9 mi
- Henry Street Park III: 0.9 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Battery Park: 0.9 mi
- Bird Island: 0.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.9 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.0 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 5.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 0.8 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.5 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 2.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.0 mi
- Grassy Hill: 0.6 mi
- Slide Hill: 0.6 mi
- Outlook Hill: 0.6 mi
- Discovery Hill: 0.7 mi
- Battle Hill: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 0.7 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 0.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 0.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 2.4 mi
- Street Seats: 5.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.5 mi
- Palisades: 8.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Palisades: 14.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 2.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.2 mi
- The Loch: 7.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.0 mi
- Barber: 16.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Commanding Officer's Quarters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 333° | 268 m | 21.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 332° | 260 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 333° | 230 m | 21.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 331° | 185 m | 22.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 331° | 180 m | 22.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 305° | 179 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 292° | 175 m | 15.5 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 324° | 144 m | 20.5 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 | 15:49 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/278396320
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 2 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 2 mi
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