Childrens Museum
Childrens Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 127 m. Tassel Hill stands 592 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Square Alley, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Trail runs past it.
The story
The Utica Children's Museum is a children's museum in Utica, New York. It closed its old downtown location in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its new location along Utica's Memorial Parkway opened on May 1, 2025.
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Dates from 1963.
Wikidata Q5098185, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 127 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Revolutionary Trail
- 9.3 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 11.5 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 13.7 mi off the Black River Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- LaFayette Square: 0.3 mi
- Ellen E. Hanna Mini Park: 0.4 mi
- Steuben Park: 0.6 mi
- Hanna Park: 0.6 mi
- Harry V Quinn Playground: 0.7 mi
- Burrstone Hill: 2.8 mi
- Smith Hill: 3.7 mi
- Harts Hill: 4.8 mi
- Marcy Hill: 5.0 mi
- Dutch Hill: 5.8 mi
- NYS DOT Workers Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Kopernik Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 1.7 mi
- Swan Memorial Fountain: 1.7 mi
- Thomas R. Proctor: 1.8 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 7.3 mi
- South Hill State Forest: 13.8 mi
- Plantation Island Wildlife Management Area: 15.2 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 15.5 mi
- Mount Hunger State Forest: 16.2 mi
- Munson: 0.9 mi
- Oriskany Museum: 6.3 mi
- The Wellin Museum of Art: 10.1 mi
- Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 12.6 mi
- Engine House Number 2: 13.8 mi
- Franklin Square Alley: 0.3 mi
- Utica Mural: 0.3 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 0.9 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 0.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty Replica: 1.8 mi
- Utica Tower: 0.8 mi
- Clinton Cider Mill: 8.8 mi
- Geographical Center of New York State: 22.9 mi
- Hamilton Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Root Glen: 10.0 mi
- Pixley Falls: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Childrens Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tassel Hill | SSW 203° | 592 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Hunger | SSW 202° | 588 m | 16.0 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 164° | 575 m | 16.9 mi |
| Dairy Hill | ENE 70° | 562 m | 17.5 mi |
| Hardscrabble Hill | SSW 206° | 545 m | 11.6 mi |
| Starr Hill | N 356° | 545 m | 16.7 mi |
| Witter Hill | S 190° | 532 m | 17.6 mi |
| Spoon Hill | SE 141° | 519 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:43 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Utica Oneida CO AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368061761
Day trips start here
- Utica · 1 mi
- Clinton · 9 mi
- Rome · 14 mi
- Central New York · 30 mi
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