- Elevation, modelled
- 9 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 20.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Palisades Scenic Byway9.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7142, -73.9900
Straus Square is a park in New York, at a modelled 9 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is War Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Straus Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 268 m | 20.8 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 310° | 263 m | 24.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 327° | 260 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 328° | 230 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 23.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 326° | 185 m | 22.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 326° | 180 m | 21.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 297° | 179 m | 14.9 mi |
- 9.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 9.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.7 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- War Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Kimlau War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Lin Zexu: 0.4 mi
- Catherine Market: 0.4 mi
- Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- “Togo”: 0.0 mi
- Confucius: 0.4 mi
- Sen Yat-sen: 0.5 mi
- Vladimir Lenin: 0.5 mi
- Audrey Hepburn: 0.6 mi
Parks
- Seward Park: 0.1 mi
- Hester Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Seward Park High School - Community Playground: 0.1 mi
- Little Flower Playground: 0.1 mi
- Seward Park Extension Park: 0.2 mi
Museums
- Museum at Eldridge Street: 0.2 mi
- International Center of Photography: 0.3 mi
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum: 0.3 mi
- Italian American Museum: 0.5 mi
- New Museum: 0.6 mi
Attractions
- Lower East Side Skatepark: 0.2 mi
- Zohramp: 0.3 mi
- Bloody Angle: 0.4 mi
- Chinatown: 0.5 mi
- Italian flag painted Apartments: 0.5 mi
Gardens
- M’Finda Kalunga Garden: 0.5 mi
- Children's Magical Garden: 0.5 mi
- Clinton Community Garden (LES): 0.5 mi
- Siempre Verde Garden: 0.5 mi
- Stuffolk Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 0.7 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.5 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Bird Island: 1.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.7 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.1 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 60
- Grassy Hill: 2.6 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.6 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.6 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.4 mi
- Street Seats: 3.3 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 3.4 mi
- Palisades: 4.2 mi
- Palisades: 6.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Palisades: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.8 mi
- The Loch: 5.8 mi
- The Falls: 14.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 18.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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- Manhattan/Chinatown · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 0 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
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