Chapman Historical Museum
Chapman Historical Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail runs past it.
The story
The Chapman Museum presents the history of the Glens Falls – Queensbury community and its connection to the Adirondack region. By encouraging discovery, understanding, and appreciation of the region's heritage, the museum provides perspective for the present and the future. The museum is owned and operated by the Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Association. The historic home attached to the museum was originally built by Zopher DeLong who made his living as a hardware merchant in Glens Falls.
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Dates from 1968.
Wikidata Q5073290, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Central Adirondack Trail
- 3.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 6.9 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 22.1 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort George Ruins · 8 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 8 mi
- Cobble lookout · 9 mi
- The Narrows · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Civil War Monument: 0.1 mi
- Peace and Victory Monument: 1.0 mi
- Glens Falls Feeder Canal Lock #12: 4.0 mi
- The Five Combine , canal locks: 4.2 mi
- Old Champlain Canal Lock 15 Waste Weir: 4.3 mi
- Glens Falls City Park: 0.2 mi
- Glens Falls City Park: 0.2 mi
- Murray Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Montcalm Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Sagamore Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Elk's Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Nicholson Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Leon M. Steves Big Bay Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Sullivan Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Van Dusen Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Palmertown Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Darling Mountain: 6.4 mi
- French Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Beech Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Bartlett Mountain: 7.2 mi
- World Awareness Children's Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Hyde Collection: 0.7 mi
- Rogers Island Visitors Center: 4.4 mi
- Old Fort Museum: 4.9 mi
- Fort William Henry: 8.1 mi
- Blind Rock: 2.2 mi
- Greezed Lightnin': 3.4 mi
- Thunder Alley: 3.4 mi
- Spruce's Wilderness Bus Tour: 3.4 mi
- Oakley's Honey Swings: 3.4 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
- Nature Center Pavillion: 6.4 mi
- Usher Park: 7.9 mi
- Diamond Island: 10.3 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 16.9 mi
- Old Red Spring: 16.7 mi
- Hathorn Spring: 17.4 mi
- Congress Spring: 17.5 mi
- Columbian Spring: 17.5 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 17.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.2 mi
- Palmer Falls: 9.6 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 9.8 mi
- Snook Kill Falls: 12.6 mi
- Bear Slide: 12.9 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 1.4 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 1.4 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 1.5 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 7.9 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 9.1 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 8.7 mi
- New Buck: 13.2 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 13.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 13.9 mi
- Ark Wall: 17.4 mi
- Arboretum: 3.0 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 16.2 mi
- Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Mr.Haas's Garden: 18.1 mi
- Standard Time: 17.2 mi
- Devils Armchair: 17.4 mi
- Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 17.5 mi
- For Euler: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Chapman Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spruce Mountain | NW 322° | 716 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 10° | 658 m | 12.4 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | NW 324° | 618 m | 11.1 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNW 328° | 615 m | 9.2 mi |
| Shingle Mountain | NNW 328° | 595 m | 10.5 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 302° | 591 m | 11.4 mi |
| Patent Line Mountain | NW 313° | 588 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pond Mountain | W 278° | 562 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1131808799
Day trips start here
- Saratoga Springs · 18 mi
- Lake George · 21 mi
- Ballston Spa · 23 mi
- Cambridge · 24 mi
- Capital District · 26 mi
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