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Earle-Wightman House Museum

Earle-Wightman House Museum from directly overhead

Earle-Wightman House Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Nobman Building Clock Tower Bell, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The story

house in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q5326398, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Fee
donation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87073, -73.53036

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
Parks
Artworks
  • Pietà: 0.2 mi
  • 71 West Main Street Horse: 0.2 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt: 0.2 mi
  • Mary: 0.2 mi
  • St. Dominic: 0.3 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 1.0 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Mannetto Hills: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 1.2 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 4.8 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.1 mi
  • The Loch: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Earle-Wightman House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 319°211 m22.1 mi
Reynolds HillNW 323°180 m20.5 mi
Round HillNNW 335°172 m17.7 mi
Cooney HillNNW 327°170 m19.1 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 319°156 m18.0 mi
Canoe HillN 7°140 m20.5 mi
Beaver HillNW 311°140 m20.6 mi
Hackley HillNW 310°140 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/565990072

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