Quaker Hill
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Quaker Hill rises to 50 m in New York. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fallkill Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kings County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49065970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 50 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Camperdown Elm: 0.4 mi
- Tufted Deer: 0.4 mi
- Porcupine: 0.4 mi
- North American River Otter: 0.4 mi
- Hamadryas Baboon: 0.4 mi
- Concert Grove: 0.4 mi
- Cuite Park: 0.6 mi
- Seeley Playground: 0.6 mi
- Captain John McKenna IV Park: 0.7 mi
- Machate Circle: 0.7 mi
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: 0.4 mi
- Lefferts Historic House: 0.5 mi
- Brooklyn Museum: 0.8 mi
- Old Stone House: 1.1 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 1.1 mi
- Prospect Farm: 0.5 mi
- Discovery Garden: 0.5 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.6 mi
- Water Garden: 0.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.7 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.2 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.0 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 5.5 mi
- Dragon Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Panther: 0.5 mi
- Monuments to Motherhood: 0.7 mi
- OY/YO: 0.9 mi
- Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness: 0.9 mi
- Bird Island: 2.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.8 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 5.4 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 5.6 mi
- Rookery: 5.8 mi
- Maryland 400 Monument: 0.2 mi
- Marquis de Lafayette Monument: 0.3 mi
- Mozart: 0.4 mi
- Beethoven: 0.4 mi
- Moore: 0.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 0.2 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 0.3 mi
- Breeze Hill: 0.3 mi
- Willink Hill: 0.4 mi
- Battle Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.2 mi
- Street Seats: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Hawk Hill: 18.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 18.6 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 18.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 0.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 0.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 0.3 mi
- The Loch: 9.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 17.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 13.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 13.9 mi
- North Tower: 18.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Barber: 17.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quaker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 331° | 268 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 24.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 306° | 179 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 295° | 175 m | 18.3 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 323° | 144 m | 23.4 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 299° | 134 m | 21.2 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 241° | 125 m | 8.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 211° | 120 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357618686
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 4 mi
- Downstate New York · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 4 mi
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