Lefferts Historic House
Lefferts Historic House is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Emu, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Lefferts Historic House is located within Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York City. Built circa 1783, it is the former home of enslaved persons and the family of Continental Army Lieutenant Pieter Lefferts. It currently operates as a museum of the Leffertses' family life in Kings County. The museum is part of the Historic House Trust, owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and operated by the Prospect Park Alliance. It is a New York City designated landmark.
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Dates from 1920.
Wikidata Q6516654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 9.4 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 29.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Emu: 0.0 mi
- Red Panda: 0.0 mi
- Dingo: 0.1 mi
- Carousel: 0.1 mi
- Duck and Waterfowl: 0.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.1 mi
- Discovery Garden: 0.1 mi
- Water Garden: 0.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.1 mi
- Site of the Dongan Oak: 0.2 mi
- Battle Pass Historic Marker: 0.2 mi
- Alfred T. White Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Ebbets Field Home Plate: 0.3 mi
- Washington Irving Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Jackie Robinson Playground: 0.3 mi
- Concert Grove: 0.4 mi
- Dr. Ronald McNair Park: 0.4 mi
- Mount Prospect Park: 0.5 mi
- Dodger Playground: 0.6 mi
- Dragon Fountain: 0.4 mi
- OY/YO: 0.5 mi
- Monuments to Motherhood: 0.6 mi
- Panther: 0.6 mi
- Panther: 0.6 mi
- Brooklyn Museum: 0.5 mi
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: 0.9 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 1.1 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 1.2 mi
- Old Stone House: 1.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.9 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.1 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 4.7 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Bird Island: 2.9 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.5 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 5.3 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 5.5 mi
- Rookery: 5.6 mi
- Willink Hill: 0.2 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 0.3 mi
- Breeze Hill: 0.4 mi
- Quaker Hill: 0.5 mi
- Lookout Hill: 0.6 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.4 mi
- Street Seats: 6.0 mi
- Palisades: 6.9 mi
- Palisades: 7.9 mi
- Palisades: 10.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Palisades: 15.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 0.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 0.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 0.4 mi
- The Loch: 9.0 mi
- The Falls: 16.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.2 mi
- North Tower: 18.5 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.4 mi
- Barber: 18.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lefferts Historic House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 330° | 268 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 329° | 230 m | 24.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 305° | 179 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 294° | 175 m | 18.6 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 322° | 144 m | 23.4 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 298° | 134 m | 21.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 241° | 125 m | 9.1 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 212° | 120 m | 22.1 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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 4 mi
- Downstate New York · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 4 mi
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