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First City Project

First City Project from directly overhead

First City Project is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Justice Court Building, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.86336, -73.62474

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Danis Park: 0.1 mi
  • Monument Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dennis Brian Murray Park: 0.5 mi
  • Big Ralph Park: 0.5 mi
  • Harriet Barnes Pratt Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Dr. James N. Trousdell and Dr. Marjorie R. Allen Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Bird and Butterfly Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Windward Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Children's Memorial Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Student Garden: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Queens High Point: 8.8 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 36
  • Upper Education Area: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 6.1 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.1 mi
  • The Loch: 18.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 16.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.3 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of First City Project. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW 337°216 m21.5 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 330°211 m19.6 mi
Mount NeboNW 309°208 m20.3 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 336°180 m18.4 mi
Round HillN 351°172 m16.8 mi
Cooney HillNNW 341°170 m17.3 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 334°156 m15.7 mi
Prospect HillNNW 329°148 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7209268009

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