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Holcombe Rucker Park

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Elevation: 4 m
Tallest summit within 20.5 miles: High Mountain268 m · 16.8 mi
Nearest byway: Palisades Scenic Byway2.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:31local time
Coordinates: 40.8294, -73.9357

Holcombe Rucker Park from directly overhead

Holcombe Rucker Park is a park in New York, at a recorded 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Macombs Dam Bridge, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The record

Elevation: 4 m
Operated by: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Holcombe Rucker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
High Mountain	NW 305°	268 m	16.8 mi
Beech Mountain	NW 305°	260 m	18.0 mi
Mount Cecchino	NW 304°	230 m	16.7 mi
Hook Mountain	N 3°	214 m	20.2 mi
Mount Nebo	N 2°	208 m	15.2 mi
Poacher Peak	NW 304°	185 m	18.4 mi
Moon Hill	NW 304°	180 m	18.1 mi
Stony Hill	W 266°	179 m	16.1 mi

On the road

2.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
3.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
19.7 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Parks

Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle: 0.2 mi
Percy E. Sutton Playground: 0.2 mi
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Playground: 0.3 mi
Frederick Johnson Park: 0.3 mi
Convent Garden: 0.4 mi

Gardens

Bradhurst Community Garden of Love: 0.2 mi
Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden: 0.2 mi
Harris Garden: 0.3 mi
Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill: 0.4 mi
Taqwa Community Farm: 0.4 mi

Museums

Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Story Telling: 0.3 mi
Morris-Jumel Mansion: 0.4 mi
Children's Cultural Center of Native America: 0.5 mi
The Yankees Museum: 0.5 mi
Universal Hip Hop Museum: 0.5 mi

Attractions

Artworks

Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.7 mi
Our Gates: 0.9 mi
Portrait of t.: 1.0 mi
3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.3 mi
Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.3 mi

Peaks

Manhattan High Point: 1.6 mi
Janes Hill: 1.8 mi
Mount Morris: 1.8 mi
Long Hill: 2.5 mi
Great Hill: 2.6 mi

Nature reserves

Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
Pugsley Creek Park: 4.5 mi
Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.6 mi
WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.0 mi

Beaches

Cliffs55

Coogan's Bluff: 0.3 mi
Palisades: 3.2 mi
Palisades: 4.3 mi
Palisades: 6.1 mi
Palisades: 8.2 mi

Picnic sites45

Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.7 mi
Street Seats: 5.5 mi
The Backyard: 7.1 mi
Alpine picnic area: 8.2 mi
Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.9 mi

Waterfalls11

The Loch: 2.7 mi
The Falls: 6.4 mi
Ambergill Falls: 11.5 mi
Binnen Falls: 11.7 mi
Fallkill Falls: 11.7 mi

Lighthouses6

Rest areas2

Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.0 mi
Larry Doby Service Area: 12.7 mi

Springs1

Tulip Springs: 19.3 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:00	18:32	19:08
June solstice	05:25	19:50	20:31
September equinox	06:44	18:19	18:55
December solstice	07:17	15:48	16:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Sources

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