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Kearny Cottage Museum

Kearny Cottage Museum from directly overhead

Kearny Cottage Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sadowski Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

historic house in New Jersey, United States

Wikidata Q6382223, matched on coordinates and name (821 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.50081, -74.27219
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sadowski Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bay City Amphitheater Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bayview Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bay View Park: 0.7 mi
  • David Street Park: 1.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches: 60
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Rev John C. Drumgoole: 2.8 mi
  • Light Dispelling Darkness: 4.5 mi
  • Studio Theater: 4.9 mi
  • Music of Metuchen: 5.4 mi
  • COVID-19 Memorial Spiral: 5.7 mi
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 5.9 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 8.2 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 52
Picnic sites: 25
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 6.8 mi
  • Grove 4: 7.9 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 7.9 mi
  • Grove 3B: 8.0 mi
  • Grove 3A: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Seele: 13.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Hawk Hill: 16.6 mi
  • Palisades: 20.6 mi
  • Palisades: 22.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kearny Cottage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainNW 311°251 m23.2 mi
Sugar LoafNW 325°229 m23.5 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 328°217 m23.2 mi
Mount KembleNW 325°215 m22.5 mi
Blachleys HillNW 321°204 m22.8 mi
Kinneys HillNNW 331°180 m23.2 mi
Stony HillN 4°179 m21.6 mi
Mayapple HillN 357°175 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/719031803

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