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Greater Ridgewood Historical Society

Greater Ridgewood Historical Society from directly overhead

Greater Ridgewood Historical Society is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Starr Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.2 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.71091, -73.92002
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Korean Square: 0.9 mi
  • Cooper Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ridgewood War Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Leah E. Sylvain: 1.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 4.1 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.2 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 55
  • Laurel Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 1.8 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Willink Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.3 mi
  • The Loch: 6.2 mi
  • The Falls: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greater Ridgewood Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 321°268 m23.1 mi
Beech MountainNW 320°260 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 320°230 m22.9 mi
Mount NeboN 359°208 m23.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m24.6 mi
Moon HillNW 319°180 m24.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°179 m18.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 283°175 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5394515623

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