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Long Beach Island Historical Museum

Long Beach Island Historical Museum from directly overhead

Long Beach Island Historical Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Early History of Beach Haven, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 6.1 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.56245, -74.23866

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Walsh Field: 0.3 mi
  • William Butler Park Annex: 0.5 mi
  • William L. Butler Park: 0.6 mi
  • Nelson Avenue Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Early History of Beach Haven: 0.0 mi
  • Crab Island Fish Factory: 6.0 mi
  • Chief Pohatcong Monument: 6.2 mi
  • Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 7.0 mi
  • Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Carnival Games: 0.4 mi
  • Carousel: 0.4 mi
  • Swings: 0.4 mi
  • Giant Wheel: 0.4 mi
  • Kiddie Boats: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Beaches: 15
Museums: 12
Artworks: 9
  • Sea Wall Sculpture: 12.2 mi
  • Turtle (Murtle) statue: 16.6 mi
  • Mother Goose: 21.1 mi
  • Moby Dick the Whale: 21.2 mi
  • Rub-a-Dub-Dub: 21.2 mi
Gardens: 8
Peaks: 7
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forked River MountainN 352°56 m19.9 mi
East MountainN 352°55 m19.9 mi
Pine HillN 351°54 m19.7 mi
Spring HillNW 322°52 m18.6 mi
Bear Swamp HillNW 318°48 m17.8 mi
Jemima MountWNW 297°31 m22.6 mi
Stormy HillNW 305°22 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3019:4820:29
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1515:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541506070767670594839
Precip in3.23.03.92.92.63.33.74.93.33.82.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brant Beach-beach Haven, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

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