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Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Ellis Island Immigration Museum, a museum in New Jersey
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, a museum in New JerseyAd Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, a museum in New Jersey
Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, a museum in New Jersey
Kamel15 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, a museum in New Jersey
Kamel15 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, a museum in New Jersey
Kamel15 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, a museum in New Jersey
Kamel15 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Ellis Island Immigration Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Gibson, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

memorial and museum on Ellis Island, New York Harbor, United States

Wikidata Q102312434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.69912, -74.03945
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • Crescent Field: 0.4 mi
  • Terminal Field: 0.5 mi
  • North Cove Field: 0.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Grove: 0.7 mi
  • Cherry Tree Grove: 0.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Parks
  • Morris Canal Peninsula Park: 0.8 mi
  • General Nathanael Greene Park: 0.9 mi
  • Paulus Hook Park: 1.1 mi
  • Morris Square Park: 1.1 mi
  • Wagner Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Discovery Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Battle Hill: 3.9 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 45
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Loch: 7.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 336°268 m20.5 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 316°263 m23.8 mi
Beech MountainNNW 335°260 m21.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 336°230 m20.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 333°185 m21.7 mi
Moon HillNNW 333°180 m21.4 mi
Stony HillNW 306°179 m13.2 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 292°175 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/95161971

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