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Children's Museum of Manhattan, a museum in New York
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Children's Museum of Manhattan is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

About

The story

The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is located on West 83rd street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded by Bette Korman, under the name GAME (Growth Through Art and Museum Experience), in 1973. The museum adopted its current name on May 2, 1985, and moved to its current location on West 83rd Street in 1989. In 2018, the museum announced a plan to relocate to a larger space on 96th Street and Central Park West.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1973.

Wikidata Q5098177, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
23.3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.78582, -73.97730
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 1.8 mi
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 3.8 mi
  • Palisades: 4.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 1.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 8.6 mi
  • The Falls: 10.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Children's Museum of Manhattan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 318°268 m17.2 mi
Beech MountainNW 317°260 m18.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 317°230 m17.0 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 328°224 m21.9 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m18.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 316°185 m18.7 mi
Moon HillNW 316°180 m18.4 mi
Stony HillW 278°179 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/270901657

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