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Captain Roald Amundsen Plaza

Captain Roald Amundsen Plaza from directly overhead

Captain Roald Amundsen Plaza is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Gillespie Hill stands 217 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Transportation Museum, a museum 0.9 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.56463, -74.13101
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Carriage Manufactory: 0.9 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 0.9 mi
  • First County Jail: 1.0 mi
  • Site of 1st County Courthouse: 1.0 mi
  • World War I: 2.0 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Artworks
Peaks: 56
  • Todt Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Fox Hills: 4.5 mi
  • Park Hill: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 32
Cliffs: 12
  • Palisades: 13.2 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Palisades: 15.3 mi
  • Palisades: 18.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gillespie HillNW 308°217 m25.0 mi
Mount KembleNW 304°215 m24.8 mi
Kinneys HillNW 310°180 m24.5 mi
Stony HillNNW 341°179 m18.1 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 330°175 m16.6 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 277°168 m22.1 mi
Kemble MountainNW 309°166 m24.6 mi
Horse HillNW 316°144 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage238 obs
  • American Robin232 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander212 obs
  • garlic mustard157 obs
  • Canada Goose155 obs
  • Asian bittersweet149 obs
  • Common Garter Snake146 obs
  • Monarch145 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1014545036

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