Liberty Science Center
Liberty Science Center is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Monument, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Liberty Science Center (LSC) is an interactive science museum and learning center located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. At its opening, it was the largest such planetarium in the Western Hemisphere and the world's fourth largest. The center, which opened in 1993 as New Jersey's first major state science museum, has science exhibits, numerous educational resources, and the original Hoberman sphere, a silver, computer-driven engineering artwork designed by Chuck Hoberman.
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Dates from 1993.
Wikidata Q6541946, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Columbus Monument: 0.6 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
- JCPD: 0.9 mi
- Jose Protacio Rizal (1861-1896): 1.0 mi
- Jose Protacio Rizal: 1.0 mi
- Lafayette Park: 0.6 mi
- Alexander F. Santora Park: 0.6 mi
- Morris Square Park: 0.7 mi
- Mary Benson Park: 0.7 mi
- Berry Lane Park: 0.8 mi
- Crescent Field: 0.6 mi
- North Cove Field: 0.6 mi
- Cherry Tree Grove: 0.8 mi
- Terminal Field: 0.9 mi
- Pesin Drive Grove: 0.9 mi
- Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 0.7 mi
- Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 0.7 mi
- Ellis Island Immigration Museum: 1.0 mi
- Museum of Russian Art: 1.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty Museum: 1.3 mi
- Beacon: 0.8 mi
- Sky Cache: 1.2 mi
- The Five Founders of the Statue of Liberty: 1.4 mi
- Hyatt Jersey City Sundial: 1.4 mi
- Statue Of Liberty: 1.4 mi
- Colgate Clock: 1.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 1.4 mi
- Sherman Zwicker: 2.2 mi
- One World Trade Center: 2.2 mi
- New York Stock Exchange: 2.3 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 1.2 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.0 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.8 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Audubon Park: 1.7 mi
- Bird Island: 3.0 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 3.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.1 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 5.3 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.2 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.2 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.2 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.3 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 3.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 3.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 3.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.0 mi
- Street Seats: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- Palisades: 7.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 13.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.6 mi
- The Loch: 7.8 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 12.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 20.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.1 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 12.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.6 mi
- Barber: 16.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Liberty Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 338° | 268 m | 19.6 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 317° | 263 m | 22.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 336° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 337° | 230 m | 19.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 334° | 185 m | 20.8 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 335° | 180 m | 20.5 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | WNW 285° | 180 m | 23.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 306° | 179 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 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 | 16:33 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/53883375
Day trips start here
- Hudson County · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 2 mi
- Downstate New York · 3 mi
- Hoboken · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 3 mi
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