Kingsland Homestead
Kingsland Homestead is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Weeping Beech Historical Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
NY location listed on National Register of Historic Places
Dates from 1973.
Wikidata Q6413258, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1785
- Height
- 10.2 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
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Fox Oaks: 0.1 mi
- Flushing Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Second Base 1964-2008: 1.4 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Third Base 1964-2008: 1.4 mi
- Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech: 0.0 mi
- Daniel Carter Beard Mall: 0.3 mi
- Flushing Greens: 0.3 mi
- Bowne Playground: 0.4 mi
- Leavitts Park: 0.4 mi
- John Bowne House: 0.1 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 0.3 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 0.4 mi
- Queens Museum: 1.7 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 1.8 mi
- Perpetual Nature: 0.8 mi
- Tom Seaver: 1.3 mi
- Home Run Apple: 1.3 mi
- Queens: 1.3 mi
- Seal: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 0.9 mi
- Pinetum: 0.9 mi
- Oak Allée: 0.9 mi
- Floral Border: 0.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 0.9 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 1.0 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden: 1.5 mi
- Parsons Beach: 3.7 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.8 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 7.3 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.4 mi
- PWEA Beach: 7.4 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.8 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.3 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 6.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.6 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 7.8 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.5 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.5 mi
- Janes Hill: 5.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.7 mi
- Mount Morris: 6.8 mi
- Street Seats: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area D: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Area F: 9.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.3 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 10.8 mi
- Palisades: 11.6 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: 8.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Kingsland Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 345° | 208 m | 20.4 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 7° | 180 m | 23.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 279° | 179 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 12° | 170 m | 23.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 9° | 156 m | 21.3 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 357° | 147 m | 22.5 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 359° | 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000905OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Kingsland Homestead, reference 72000905, listed 05/31/72.
OpenStreetMap element way/284620987
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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