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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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73927, -74.03096

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • 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
Parks
Attractions
  • 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
Beaches
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 0.7 mi
  • Palisades: 2.2 mi
  • Palisades: 5.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • Palisades: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • 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
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep HillWNW 303°276 m23.2 mi
High MountainNNW 331°268 m18.2 mi
Turkey MountainNW 309°268 m23.0 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 310°263 m22.2 mi
Beech MountainNNW 330°260 m19.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 331°230 m17.9 mi
Mount NeboNNE 14°208 m22.1 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 328°185 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

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 site

OpenStreetMap element node/367697376

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