Long Island Children Museum

Long Island Children Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Kennelwood Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum Row, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) is a Children's museum located on the campus of Mitchel Field in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York, United States.
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Wikidata Q54555764, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Museum Row: 0.1 mi
- Mitchel Athletic Complex: 0.2 mi
- Grove Park: 0.6 mi
- Custer Park: 0.7 mi
- Stewart Field: 0.9 mi
- Nassau County Firefighters Museum: 0.1 mi
- Cradle of Aviation Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum Row: 0.2 mi
- Flying Through the Years at Roosevelt Field: 1.0 mi
- African American Museum: 1.9 mi
- Hempstead Plains Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Francis Purcell Preserve: 0.9 mi
- East Meadow Bird Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Old Westbury Unique Area: 3.6 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 3.8 mi
- Upright Motive No.9: 0.9 mi
- Dialogue between Plato and Socrates: 1.0 mi
- Trap: 1.0 mi
- Benjamin Franklin: 1.3 mi
- Lost and Found: An Excavation Project: 1.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 0.9 mi
- Hofstra University Suburban Ecological Research Site: 1.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
- Veterans Plaza: 1.0 mi
- Eisenhower Park Firefighters Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Site of Camp Mills Base Hospital: 1.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Village of East Meadow Monument: 2.3 mi
- Jamaica: 5.7 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 5.7 mi
- Nautical Mile: 6.5 mi
- US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 9.5 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 10.8 mi
- Harry Tappen Beach: 8.0 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
- Alhambra Beach: 8.3 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.4 mi
- PWEA Beach: 8.5 mi
- Harbor Hill: 5.3 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.5 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 8.9 mi
- West Hills: 10.7 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 10.7 mi
- North Maples: 1.1 mi
- West Lindens: 1.1 mi
- Lindens B: 1.1 mi
- South Maples: 1.1 mi
- Cedars: 1.2 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 13.3 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 18.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.0 mi
- The Falls: 16.7 mi
- The Loch: 19.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 19.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 19.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 20.0 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 15.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 23.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Island Children Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennelwood Hill | NNW 341° | 156 m | 24.9 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 57° | 122 m | 11.0 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NNW 337° | 106 m | 5.3 mi |
| West Hills | NE 55° | 106 m | 10.7 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 64° | 92 m | 14.3 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 63° | 90 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 57° | 85 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NW 307° | 85 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/328589180
Day trips start here
- Nassau County · 1 mi
- Hempstead · 2 mi
- Mineola · 2 mi
- Garden City · 3 mi
- Merrick · 5 mi
- Rockville Centre · 5 mi
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