Hoboken Fire Department Museum

Hoboken Fire Department Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldier's Monument, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
The Association of Exempt Firemen Building is located in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The building was designed by Francis G. Himpler and was built in 1870. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1984 as Assembly of Exempt Firemen Building. The building serves as a firefighters' union hall and as a museum of Hoboken firefighters' memorabilia, the Hoboken Fire Department Museum.
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Wikidata Q4809792, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Soldier's Monument: 0.2 mi
- Relationships: 0.3 mi
- Structural Steel Teaching Aid: 0.3 mi
- Peace Sign: 0.3 mi
- Francis Albert Sinatra: 0.3 mi
- Hudson River Waterfront Walkway: 0.2 mi
- Stevens Park: 0.2 mi
- Church Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Hudson Park: 0.2 mi
- Pier A Park: 0.3 mi
- Firemen's Monument: 0.2 mi
- Hoboken First World War memorial: 0.2 mi
- In memory of 56 Hoboken citizens killed on September 11, 2001: 0.2 mi
- Hoboken Vietnam War memorial: 0.3 mi
- Hoboken Second World War memorial: 0.3 mi
- Frank Sinatra's Birthplace: 0.5 mi
- Little Island: 1.1 mi
- Pier 55: 1.2 mi
- Chelsea Market: 1.3 mi
- Friends Building: 1.4 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 0.5 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 0.7 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.4 mi
- Riverside Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Grove Court: 1.4 mi
- School Garden of City-As: 1.5 mi
- Greenstreets: 1.6 mi
- Winston Churchill Square Garden: 1.6 mi
- Hoboken Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
- Whitney Museum of American Art: 1.2 mi
- Ground Zero Museum Workshop: 1.3 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 1.5 mi
- Gagosian: 1.5 mi
- Kings Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.3 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.6 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Bird Island: 3.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Audubon Park: 3.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.7 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.3 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 3.5 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 3.5 mi
- Street Seats: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 0.7 mi
- Palisades: 2.2 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
- The Loch: 5.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 0.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 10.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 13.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.6 mi
- Barber: 18.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Hoboken Fire Department Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Hill | WNW 303° | 276 m | 23.2 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 331° | 268 m | 18.2 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 309° | 268 m | 23.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 310° | 263 m | 22.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 330° | 260 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 14° | 208 m | 22.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 328° | 185 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367697376
Day trips start here
- Hoboken · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 2 mi
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