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Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, a museum in New York
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Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, a museum in New York
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Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Oak Hill stands 662 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Park, a park 0.9 miles away.

About

The story

The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is a transportation museum in Hammondsport, New York with a focus on the early aviator Glenn H. Curtiss. The 60,000 square foot facility has a collection of aircraft, vintage motorcycles, automobiles, and aircraft engines.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1962.

Wikidata Q5568841, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.39881, -77.23291
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pultney Park: 0.9 mi
  • Champlin Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Depot Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Washington Multiple Use Area: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 26
Museums: 11
Waterfalls: 8
  • Rainbow Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Central Cascade: 18.1 mi
  • Hectors Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Curtis Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 17.1 mi
  • IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 17.4 mi
  • Painted Post Monument: 18.1 mi
  • Preemption Line: 23.2 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Metal Abstract: 9.4 mi
  • Cornplanter: 19.4 mi
  • Glass Blower: 19.7 mi
  • The Critic: 19.7 mi
  • Artemus: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Seneca Lake Pier House: 18.3 mi
  • Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 19.1 mi
  • Little Joe Tower: 19.7 mi
  • Muddy Fingers Farm: 21.0 mi
  • Rue Claire Lavender Farm and Artisan Chocolate: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Glenn H. Curtiss Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillSW 233°662 m15.2 mi
Potter HillWNW 288°653 m16.2 mi
West HillNNW 326°647 m10.9 mi
Burt HillWSW 249°647 m18.9 mi
Lent HillNW 315°641 m12.6 mi
Bronson HillWNW 285°634 m18.5 mi
Stone HillW 279°632 m19.2 mi
Brown HillWNW 282°629 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3320:0720:50
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3615:5416:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665696861493929

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bath, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/272255188

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