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Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber

Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber from directly overhead

Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Bald Mountain stands 341 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sing Sing Prison Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1842
Height
5.7912 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.16374, -73.86385

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Snowden Park: 0.2 mi
  • Louis Engel Waterfront Park: 0.6 mi
  • Nelson Sitting Park: 0.7 mi
  • Authur J. Jones Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Nelson Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • River Arch: 0.6 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 5.4 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 6.3 mi
  • Approach: 6.4 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Motts Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Catamount Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Ganungs Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Nordica Hill: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Cliffs: 60
  • Raven's Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 8.9 mi
  • Hell Hole: 13.0 mi
  • Palisades: 13.7 mi
  • Pulpit: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 60
Picnic sites: 16
  • Kakiat Park: 13.1 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 15.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 13.2 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 18.3 mi
  • The Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Cascade: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 321°341 m10.7 mi
The TimpNW 317°332 m10.5 mi
Horse Chock MountainWNW 287°330 m10.6 mi
Dunderberg MountainNW 323°325 m10.6 mi
Cheesecote MountainWNW 287°296 m9.9 mi
Turkey MountainNNE 30°253 m6.8 mi
Jackie MountainWNW 302°252 m10.5 mi
High TorWNW 287°244 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1815:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/238916030

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