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Vistor Center

Vistor Center from directly overhead

Vistor Center is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
8.7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.69222, -73.97471
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 57
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.0 mi
  • Palisades: 5.9 mi
  • Palisades: 8.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • Palisades: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.2 mi
  • The Loch: 7.1 mi
  • The Falls: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m22.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m23.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m22.2 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m24.8 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 326°185 m23.9 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m23.6 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m16.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 289°175 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/250366078

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