Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx Museum of the Arts is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrew Freedman House Gardens, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), also called the Bronx Museum of Art or simply the Bronx Museum, is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by American artists, but it has hosted exhibitions of art and design from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Its permanent collection consists of more than 800 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper. The museum is part of the Grand Concourse Historic District.
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Dates from 1971.
Wikidata Q4974195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 27 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 2.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Andrew Freedman House Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Park: 0.3 mi
- Mott Playground: 0.3 mi
- Jerome Slope: 0.3 mi
- Lou Gehrig Plaza: 0.3 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 0.4 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 0.8 mi
- Bronx Documentary Center: 0.9 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 1.0 mi
- Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Story Telling: 1.1 mi
- College Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- Target Bronx Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Taqwa Community Farm: 0.5 mi
- Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Claremont Neighborhood Garden: 0.5 mi
- Joker Stairs: 0.4 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 0.7 mi
- Big Pun mural: 1.3 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.5 mi
- I Love the Bronx mural: 1.5 mi
- The Bat: 0.6 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 0.9 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.0 mi
- Renaissance Youth Center: 0.7 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 1.6 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 1.6 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 1.4 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.8 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.2 mi
- Long Hill: 2.4 mi
- Inwood Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.3 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.6 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.2 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.7 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.2 mi
- Street Seats: 5.8 mi
- The Backyard: 8.0 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.0 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 4.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
- The Palisades: 8.2 mi
- The Loch: 3.3 mi
- The Falls: 5.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Bronx Museum of the Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 304° | 268 m | 17.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 304° | 260 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 303° | 230 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 0° | 214 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 359° | 208 m | 15.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 303° | 185 m | 19.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 302° | 180 m | 18.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 266° | 179 m | 17.0 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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368061518
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Fort Lee · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 4 mi
- Englewood · 5 mi
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