John Bowne House
John Bowne House is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
house in Queens, New York City
Dates from 1661.
Wikidata Q12053409, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1661
- Height
- 8.0 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 9.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech: 0.0 mi
- Daniel Carter Beard Mall: 0.3 mi
- Flushing Greens: 0.3 mi
- Bowne Playground: 0.3 mi
- Leavitts Park: 0.4 mi
- Fox Oaks: 0.0 mi
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 0.1 mi
- Flushing Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Second Base 1964-2008: 1.3 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Third Base 1964-2008: 1.3 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 0.1 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 0.3 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 0.5 mi
- Queens Museum: 1.6 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 1.8 mi
- Perpetual Nature: 0.7 mi
- Tom Seaver: 1.2 mi
- Home Run Apple: 1.2 mi
- Queens: 1.2 mi
- Seal: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 0.8 mi
- Oak Allée: 0.8 mi
- Pinetum: 0.8 mi
- Deciduous Conifer Forest: 0.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 0.9 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 0.9 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden: 1.4 mi
- Parsons Beach: 3.8 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.8 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 7.4 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.4 mi
- PWEA Beach: 7.5 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.8 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.4 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 6.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.5 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 7.8 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.4 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 5.7 mi
- Mount Morris: 6.8 mi
- Street Seats: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area D: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Area F: 9.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.2 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 10.8 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
- The Loch: 7.4 mi
- The Falls: 8.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 8.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.4 mi
- Cuties Island: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of John Bowne House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 345° | 208 m | 20.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 7° | 180 m | 23.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 279° | 179 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 12° | 170 m | 23.9 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 9° | 156 m | 21.3 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 357° | 147 m | 22.6 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 360° | 140 m | 21.0 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 357° | 140 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| 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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/284556746
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 0 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 3 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 4 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Bronx · 6 mi
- Queens · 6 mi
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