Hammond Museum
Hammond Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lances-Lippman Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden, in North Salem, New York, is a museum with Japanese art and a 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) Japanese stroll garden in Westchester County. The museum offers changing exhibits, lectures, and programs that reflect the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures. The museum was established in 1957 by Natalie Hays Hammond (1904–1985) as a place where Eastern and Western cultures could be appreciated. In 1979, she was awarded the Medallion Award of the Westchester Community College Foundation for founding the Hammond Museum and her art.
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Dates from 1957.
Wikidata Q29469806, matched on coordinates and name (71 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 176 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lances-Lippman Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack: 0.4 mi
- Hayfield-on-Keeler Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Halmi Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Baxter North: 0.7 mi
- Titicus Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.3 mi
- Long Pond Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 2.1 mi
- East Long Pond Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mountain Lakes Park: 1.6 mi
- Sturges Park: 2.3 mi
- Mamanasco Cliffs: 2.7 mi
- Mamanasco Lake Boat Launch: 3.3 mi
- Sachem Park & Field: 3.4 mi
- Old stone wall: 4.1 mi
- Settlers Rock: 4.9 mi
- Cyrus Russell Community House: 5.0 mi
- Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 5.2 mi
- Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Trailside Nature Museum: 5.1 mi
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: 5.8 mi
- Keeler Tavern Museum: 6.0 mi
- Katonah Museum of Art: 6.7 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 7.9 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 3.0 mi
- Garden: 4.3 mi
- Wildflower Garden Enclosure: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 6.8 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 3.0 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 3.9 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 6.4 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 9.4 mi
- South Beach: 11.8 mi
- Annunaki: 5.4 mi
- greek letter pi: 8.8 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 9.1 mi
- Lesser Evil: 10.1 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 13.1 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.2 mi
- Weir House: 8.3 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 9.4 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 11.4 mi
- 3-town marker: 11.7 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 9.0 mi
- Sheep Falls: 9.1 mi
- Cascade: 9.4 mi
- Cascade: 10.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.5 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 6.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 7.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 11.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.1 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.0 mi
- Pell Hill: 5.3 mi
- The Meadow: 14.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 17.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Dicktown: 14.1 mi
- Cuties Island: 20.7 mi
- Doodletown: 21.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.5 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 20.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 23.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 6.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Hammond Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titicus Mountain | NNE 25° | 313 m | 8.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 74° | 304 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | SE 130° | 299.314 m | 2.1 mi |
| Moses Mountain | ENE 72° | 296 m | 6.4 mi |
| Senior Hill | WNW 287° | 292 m | 8.8 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | E 95° | 290 m | 4.4 mi |
| Watermelon Hill | WNW 288° | 290 m | 7.6 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | ENE 70° | 286 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368061534
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 11 mi
- Stamford · 16 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 18 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 19 mi
- Ossining · 19 mi
- Cold Spring · 20 mi
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