Hudson River Museum
Hudson River Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Stag Hill/Houvenkopf Mountain stands 282 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Trevor Park, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
The Hudson River Museum, located in Trevor Park in Yonkers, New York, is the largest museum in Westchester County, and features the only public planetarium in the county. While often considered an art museum due to its extensive collection of Hudson River School paintings, the museum also presents exhibits on the history, science and heritage of the region. The Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, since 1974.
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Dates from 1919.
Wikidata Q5928856, matched on coordinates and name (46 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 27 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trevor Park: 0.1 mi
- Stumpery: 0.8 mi
- Temple of Love: 0.9 mi
- Cherry Bowl: 0.9 mi
- Rock and Stream Garden: 0.9 mi
- JFK Marina: 0.1 mi
- Trevor Park: 0.1 mi
- Lennon Park: 0.6 mi
- Kinsley Park: 0.7 mi
- Dunn Park: 0.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.0 mi
- Bronxville Giving Garden: 3.7 mi
- Pure Love Organic Farms: 4.5 mi
- PS24 Garden: 4.7 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 5.6 mi
- Henry Hudson: 1.2 mi
- Armstrong inventor of FM radio: 1.3 mi
- Water Music: 1.4 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 1.5 mi
- The Light of the World: 2.4 mi
- The Palisades: 1.3 mi
- Palisades: 1.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Raven's Rock: 10.7 mi
- Alfred B. DelBello: 1.4 mi
- Cliff Dale Manor Ruins: 1.7 mi
- Women's Federation Monument: 1.9 mi
- Alpine Stone Clock Tower: 2.4 mi
- Ice House: 2.8 mi
- Westchester Lenoir Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Pulver's Woods: 2.5 mi
- Ravensdale Woods: 2.6 mi
- Sprain Ridge Park: 3.0 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 4.0 mi
- Huylers Beach: 2.5 mi
- Canoe Beach: 4.5 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 5.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 5.6 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 5.6 mi
- Hastings Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Glyndor Gallery: 4.0 mi
- African Art Museum at the SMA: 4.6 mi
- Marble School House: 4.8 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 5.4 mi
- Bronx High Point: 3.9 mi
- Vault Hill: 3.9 mi
- Tetards Hill: 5.1 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 5.3 mi
- Marble Hill: 5.4 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 1.2 mi
- Area B: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 10.6 mi
- Area C: 10.6 mi
- The Falls: 5.4 mi
- The Loch: 11.5 mi
- Great Falls: 15.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 15.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 17.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 18.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 18.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 20.9 mi
- Monksville: 24.1 mi
- Doodletown: 24.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Hudson River Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stag Hill/Houvenkopf Mountain | NW 306° | 282 m | 17.9 mi |
| High Mountain | W 274° | 268 m | 15.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | W 276° | 260 m | 16.8 mi |
| High Tor | NNW 347° | 244 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | W 273° | 230 m | 15.8 mi |
| Hooge Kop/Houvenkopf Mountain | NW 309° | 230 m | 18.0 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | WNW 294° | 224 m | 17.3 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 348° | 220 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/654088901
Day trips start here
- Yonkers · 2 mi
- Hastings-on-Hudson · 3 mi
- Bronxville · 4 mi
- Dobbs Ferry · 4 mi
- Mount Vernon · 4 mi
- Tuckahoe · 4 mi
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