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Old 08-09-2011, 05:08 PM
 
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Maybe a mile or two, It's hard to see a bunch of ten-floor buildings in the Appalachian foothills.
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Old 08-22-2011, 02:14 PM
 
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Theres a myth that you can see both NYC's & Philly's skyline from the top of Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, the park is in Central New Jersey and is equidistant from NYC & Philly (about 60-70 miles away from both cities downtowns).

Kingda Ka is about 450 feet tall and goes at nearly 130 miles per hour so you wouldn't get a great view of either city if you could even find them in such a short amount of time (like 2 seconds).

Another myth is that you can see Philly's tallest building (the new Comcast one) from NYC's current tallest building (the Empire State Building) on a clear day. One WTC (the Freedom Tower) will probably give better views because it's taller and further south than the Empire State Building.
Yes you can! Here's a link everyone to a picture of Kingda Ka, & NYC in one picture! You can make out Midtown, and Lower Manhattan in the center of the image if you zoom in with the tool bar at the top. IT IS PICTURE NUMBER 30. The pictures are labeled in the bottom right corner. You might want to tilt your screen (or your head) to get rid of the brightness. REMEMBER TO ZOOM IN TO THE TOP CENTER OF THE IMAGE WITH THE GIVEN TOOL BAR.


Six Flags Great Adventure - 2006
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Old 08-22-2011, 02:25 PM
 
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That's incredible.

I wonder how far away you can see NYC?!?!?

Anybody have any examples???
Yup here's a few.





That's the Freedom Tower under construction faintly in the middle with Jersey City to the right- 40 miles away Morristown, NJ




Lower Manhattan 40 miles away- Morristown, NJ





Empire State Building 40 miles away- Morristown, NJ
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Old 08-22-2011, 07:17 PM
 
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Well my home town of Bedford, Massachusetts its about 500-600 yards across the common you can see the chirch spire, and town hall clock tower.
The Nearest city Lowell, only ha mill towers, which can be seem mybe a mile away.
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Old 08-30-2011, 05:55 PM
 
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One World Trade Center 30 Miles Away-Morristown, New Jersey



Verrazano Bridge 31 Miles Away-Morristown, New Jersey



Midtown Manhattan 30 Miles Away-Morristown, New Jersey
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Old 08-30-2011, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL SouthWest Suburbs
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One World Trade Center 30 Miles Away-Morristown, New Jersey



Verrazano Bridge 31 Miles Away-Morristown, New Jersey



Midtown Manhattan 30 Miles Away-Morristown, New Jersey
cool pics
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Old 08-31-2011, 11:35 AM
 
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yeah, there was some discussion on whether that was an urban legend or not. Some people said you could see Philly & New York on either side of you for a split second.
That would be awesome if it were true.
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Old 10-19-2011, 06:10 PM
 
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I live on Long Island and many people don't realize this, but you used to be able to see the WTC pretty easily on a clear day from the Robert Moses Bridge which is about 50 miles from Manhattan now that the new WTC will be even taller, you will definitely be able to see it when it's done and you can also see the empire state building. Also Melville which is also in Suffolk County about 35 miles away in certain taller office buildings. New Jersey is just very hilly, that's why you can see Manhattan, but if LI had a mountain or some 1,000 ft skyscraper, you could probably see Manhattan 60 miles away on a clear day. I think what that guy meant before when he said Manhattan isn't an NJ skyline is that so many people from NJ want to claim NY as their own. I don't care if you live in Hoboken and can hit NYC with a rock. You still don't live in the state of New York and I hate when people from Jersey act like it.
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Old 10-23-2011, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Jefferson City 4 days a week, St. Louis 3 days a week
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You can see the St. Louis skyline from Alton, Illinois, so I would say about 15 miles away.
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Old 10-25-2011, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Oahu
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Very cool thread.

Could do without people trying to 'claim' skylines though. I don't care what state or city you live in, it's not like you ****ing built them.
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