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Rock Hall

Rock Hall from directly overhead

Rock Hall is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Zion Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

historic house museum in New York, United States

Dates from 1767.

Wikidata Q7354447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Friends of Rock Hall, Inc.

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.60896, -73.73391
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Zion Park: 0.4 mi
  • Redfern Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Lanett Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Redfern Houses Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pearl Street Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • LCFD Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • HBFD Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Hewlett Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.0 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • History of Time: 3.4 mi
  • The Young Rembrandt: 3.4 mi
  • Voice of Tomorrow: 3.5 mi
  • Frog: 5.3 mi
  • Frog: 5.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 46
  • Queens High Point: 10.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 12.1 mi
  • Willink Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 12.7 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Picnic Area A: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 2.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Palisades: 18.7 mi
  • Palisades: 18.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 18.8 mi
  • Palisades: 19.3 mi
  • Palisades: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.0 mi
  • The Loch: 17.5 mi
  • The Falls: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Hall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 268°125 m20.0 mi
Jayne's HillNE 48°122 m21.6 mi
Harbor HillNNE 21°106 m14.0 mi
West HillsNE 48°106 m21.3 mi
Dix HillsNE 54°92 m24.6 mi
Signal HillNE 53°90 m23.9 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 48°85 m19.5 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 336°85 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 76001230OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Rock Hall, reference 76001230, listed 11/21/76.

OpenStreetMap element way/548563813

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