El Museo Del Barrio
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El Museo Del Barrio is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of the City of New York, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo (the museum), is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is located near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, immediately north of the Museum of the City of New York. Founded in 1969, El Museo specializes in Latin American and Caribbean art, with an emphasis on works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community in New York City. It is the oldest museum of the country dedicated to Latino art.
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Dates from 1969.
Wikidata Q1061142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 38.0 m
- Elevation
- 8 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.0 mi
- The Africa Center: 0.2 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 0.6 mi
- Garbage museum: 0.6 mi
- Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: 0.7 mi
- Burnett Memorial Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Fort Clinton: 0.2 mi
- Andrew Haswell Green Bench: 0.2 mi
- Nutter's Battery: 0.3 mi
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Conservatory Garden: 0.1 mi
- South Garden (English): 0.1 mi
- Center Garden (Italian): 0.1 mi
- North Garden (French): 0.1 mi
- Hope Community's Modesto "Tin" Flores Garden: 0.3 mi
- Three Dancing Maidens – Untermyer Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen: 0.4 mi
- La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.7 mi
- John Purroy Mitchel: 0.7 mi
- Lafayette and Washington: 0.8 mi
- Mae Grant Playground: 0.1 mi
- 103rd Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peter Minuit Playground: 0.2 mi
- White Playground: 0.3 mi
- Sunshine Playground: 0.4 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.3 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.4 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.1 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.5 mi
- Archibald’s Townhouse: 1.6 mi
- Great Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.9 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.2 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.3 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.4 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 4.9 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.9 mi
- Street Seats: 3.0 mi
- The Backyard: 6.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.9 mi
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
- The Loch: 0.5 mi
- The Falls: 8.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.1 mi
- Barber: 24.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of El Museo Del Barrio. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 314° | 268 m | 17.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 313° | 260 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 313° | 230 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 17.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 312° | 185 m | 19.4 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 312° | 180 m | 19.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 275° | 179 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 266° | 175 m | 17.7 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 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/271274003
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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