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Sands Ring Homestead Museum

Sands Ring Homestead Museum from directly overhead

Sands Ring Homestead Museum is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

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historic house in New York, United States

Wikidata Q7416908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates41.44033, -74.02993

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Roe Park: 0.8 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 6.3 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 6.5 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 6.7 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 7.0 mi
Peaks
  • Sloop Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Deer Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Butter Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Storm King Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Frog Hill: 2.1 mi
Artworks
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.7 mi
  • Hell Hole: 8.2 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 13.7 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 17.7 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 48
  • Haldane School Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 5.1 mi
  • West Coast: 15.2 mi
  • Las Vegas: 15.2 mi
  • Middle America: 15.2 mi
Museums: 40
Attractions: 33
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 11.3 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 11.5 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 14.5 mi
  • Rogue Riders: 15.2 mi
  • Ocean Explorer: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • LG waterfall: 16.8 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Verkeerderkill Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Sands Ring Homestead Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schunnemunk MountainSW 233°507 m5.6 mi
South Beacon MountainENE 57°491 m5.3 mi
North Beacon MountainNE 53°465 m5.5 mi
Bald HillNE 54°456 m7.2 mi
Lambs HillNE 54°454 m6.5 mi
Spy RockS 172°441 m3.4 mi
Bull HillE 92°433 m3.8 mi
Crows NestSE 132°429 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2015:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000150OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Sands--Ring House, reference 96000150, listed 03/08/96.

OpenStreetMap element way/459410278

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