American Museum of Natural History
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American Museum of Natural History is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.
The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. In Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 26 interconnected buildings.
The story
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain about 32 million specimens of plants, animals, fungi, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time. The museum occupies more than 2,500,000 ft2 (232,258 m2). AMNH has a full-time scientific staff of 225, sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year, and averages about five million visits annually. The AMNH is a private 501(c)(3) organization. The naturalist Albert S. Bickmore devised the idea for the American Museum of Natural History in 1861, and, after several years of advocacy, the museum opened within Central Park's Arsenal on May 22, 1871. The museum's first purpose-built structure in Theodore Roosevelt Park was designed by Calvert Vaux and J. Wrey Mould and opened on December 22, 1877. Numerous wings have been added over the years, including the main entrance pavilion (named for Theodore Roosevelt) in 1936 and the Rose Center for Earth and Space in 2000.
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Dates from 1869-04-06.
Wikidata Q217717, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1869-04-06
- Height
- 46 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation: 0.0 mi
- Hayden Planetarium: 0.1 mi
- Rose Center for Earth and Space: 0.1 mi
- NYC Barber Shop Museum: 0.3 mi
- Henry Luce Nature Observatory: 0.3 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Nobel Monument: 0.1 mi
- Naturalists Gate: 0.1 mi
- Whisper Bench: 0.3 mi
- Belverde: 0.3 mi
- Alexander von Humboldt: 0.1 mi
- Romeo and Juliet: 0.3 mi
- The Tempest: 0.3 mi
- Hammer Boy: 0.3 mi
- John Lennon's Imagine: 0.4 mi
- Tecumseh Playground: 0.2 mi
- Verdi Square: 0.4 mi
- West 87th Street Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sherman Square: 0.5 mi
- Central Park: 0.5 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 0.2 mi
- The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers Garden: 0.4 mi
- West Side Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Nell Singer Lilac Walk: 0.6 mi
- Barclays Capital Grove: 0.7 mi
- Summit Rock: 0.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 0.3 mi
- Great Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.3 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Bow Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Bethesda Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Archibald’s Townhouse: 0.7 mi
- Free Public Stargazing: 0.8 mi
- Central Park Carousel: 0.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.6 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 5.6 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 4.5 mi
- Hazard Beach: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.3 mi
- Street Seats: 2.5 mi
- The Backyard: 5.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.1 mi
- Palisades: 2.1 mi
- Palisades: 2.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 4.5 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
- The Loch: 1.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.3 mi
- The Falls: 10.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.7 mi
- Barber: 22.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of American Museum of Natural History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 318° | 268 m | 17.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 317° | 260 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 317° | 230 m | 17.3 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 328° | 224 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 18.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 316° | 185 m | 19.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 316° | 180 m | 18.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 279° | 179 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 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 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Manhattan · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 2 mi
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