Heckscher Museum of Art
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Heckscher Museum of Art is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
The Heckscher Museum of Art is an American art museum. It is named after its benefactors, Anna and August Heckscher, who in 1920 donated 185 works of art to be housed in a new Beaux-Arts building located in Heckscher Park, in Huntington, New York. The museum has over 2,300 works of art, focused on American and Long Island artists, as well as featuring American and European modernism, and photography. The most famous painting in the collection is George Grosz's Eclipse of the Sun (1926). Four to five changing exhibitions are featured each year.
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Dates from 1920.
Wikidata Q5696477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 9/11 memorial: 0.0 mi
- Old Burial Hill: 0.2 mi
- Huntington World War I Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Fireman's Bell: 0.3 mi
- The Forgotten War: 0.3 mi
- Heckscher Park: 0.1 mi
- Village Green Park: 0.2 mi
- Huntington YMCA: 0.3 mi
- John J. Flanagan Memorial Activity Center: 0.4 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 0.7 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Three Condors: 2.1 mi
- Charles Darwin: 2.6 mi
- Dance of the Polypeptides: 2.6 mi
- Heron Statue: 2.8 mi
- The Arsenal: 0.5 mi
- The Whaling Museum & Education Center: 1.7 mi
- Preservation Long Islannd: 1.9 mi
- Fire House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion, and Planetarium: 3.5 mi
- Squadron Hill Park: 1.2 mi
- Camp Dogwood: 1.3 mi
- Wawapek Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Jennings Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Uplands Farm Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Gold Star Battalion Beach: 1.7 mi
- Quail Hill Beach: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 2.5 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 2.5 mi
- Crescent Beach: 2.5 mi
- Organic Demonstration Site #1: 2.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
- Crucifix Garden: 3.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.9 mi
- ATCG Tower: 2.7 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 3.5 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 5.6 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 13.2 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 13.6 mi
- West Hills: 4.1 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 4.1 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 4.9 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 5.2 mi
- Lower Education Area: 4.5 mi
- Upper Education Area: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 5.5 mi
- Wolf 5: 10.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 5.1 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 5.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 11.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 11.5 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 14.3 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 4.8 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 5.2 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 12.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 23.8 mi
- Farms Falls: 20.0 mi
- The Falls: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Heckscher Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Hill | NW 320° | 172 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NW 314° | 170 m | 22.5 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | N 355° | 164 m | 23.0 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 307° | 156 m | 22.0 mi |
| Huckleberry Hills | N 353° | 141 m | 22.0 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 351° | 140 m | 20.3 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | S 183° | 122 m | 4.1 mi |
| Ferris Hill | N 351° | 120 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 6 mi
- Bayville · 7 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 9 mi
- Glen Cove · 11 mi
- Nassau County · 12 mi
- Roslyn · 13 mi
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