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Todt Hill (/ ˈ t oʊ t / TOHT) [1] is a 401-foot-tall (122 m) hill formed of serpentine rock on Staten Island, New York.It is the highest natural point in the five boroughs of New York City and the highest elevation on the entire Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod. [2]
At 13,153 feet (4,009 m), Forester Pass is the highest point along the Pacific Crest Trail. It is also the southernmost of the six high mountain passes above 11,000 feet along the John Muir Trail, with (in order from north to south) Donohue Pass , Muir Pass , Mather Pass , Pinchot Pass , and Glen Pass .
An autobiographical account of a woman hiking a portion of the PCT alone in 1995 at age 26 was written by Cheryl Strayed. Her memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail was published in 2012 and reached #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list. [44] Her hike is the subject of the 2014 film Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon.
Bennett Park, also known as James Gordon Bennett Park, is a 1.8-acre (0.73 ha) public park in New York City, named for James Gordon Bennett, Sr., [1] the newspaper publisher who launched the New York Herald in 1835.
Battle Hill is the highest natural point in Brooklyn, New York, United States, at 216 feet (66 m) above sea level. [1] The hill is part of the Harbor Hill Moraine , a terminal moraine formed during the last glacial period .
A brutal beatdown of ex-Gov. David Paterson and his step son, Anthony Sliwa, was captured on newly released video footage posted online by Anthony's dad, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.
Jayne's Hill, also known as High Hill, West Hills, Oakley's Hill, and Janes Hill, is the highest point on Long Island, New York with an elevation of between 387 feet (118 m) and 400.9 feet (122.2 m) above sea level.
The scheme aims to ease New York's notorious traffic problems and raise billions for the public transport network. Most drivers are charged $9 once per day to enter the congestion zone at peak ...