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Long Island Maritime Museum

Long Island Maritime Museum, a museum in New York
Long Island Maritime Museum, a museum in New YorkPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0
Long Island Maritime Museum, a museum in New York
Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0
Long Island Maritime Museum, a museum in New York
Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0
Long Island Maritime Museum, a museum in New York
Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0
Long Island Maritime Museum, a museum in New York
Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0
Long Island Maritime Museum, a museum in New York
Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Long Island Maritime Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Long Island Maritime Museum is located in West Sayville, New York.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1966.

Wikidata Q6672706, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.72285, -73.09530
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hard Estate-West Sayville County Park: 0.2 mi
  • Green's Creek County Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hard Estate-West Sayville County Park: 0.3 mi
  • Edwin Boogertman Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Florence B Evans Park: 1.0 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 45
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Walled Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Longwood Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 13.6 mi
Museums: 40
Artworks: 33
  • Art Gallery: 4.6 mi
  • Long Island: 5.9 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 9.2 mi
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 13.2 mi
  • Wolfie Statue: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Wolf 1: 10.2 mi
  • Wolf 2: 10.3 mi
  • Wolf 3: 10.3 mi
  • Wolf 4: 10.3 mi
  • Wolf 5: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 11
Attractions: 9
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 13.8 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 19.0 mi
  • Exit sign: 20.2 mi
  • boulder: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 12.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW 290°122 m18.4 mi
West HillsWNW 290°106 m18.8 mi
Dix HillsWNW 296°92 m15.0 mi
Signal HillWNW 294°90 m15.7 mi
Bald HillENE 62°88 m22.9 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW 285°85 m19.6 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW 287°77 m15.1 mi
Rock HillENE 63°64 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2219:4620:28
September equinox06:4118:1518:51
December solstice07:1415:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495868757567564638
Precip in3.54.64.43.83.53.74.65.84.43.63.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molloy Cercom, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/497781432

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