Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages
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Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Sport Hill stands 154 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is T. Bayles Minuse Mill Pond Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages, known as the Long Island Museum (LIM), is a nine-acre museum located in Stony Brook, New York. The LIM serves the Long Island community by preserving and displaying its collection of art, historical artifacts, and carriages; providing educational and public programming; and collaborating with a variety of other arts and cultural organizations.
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Dates from 1939.
Wikidata Q263750, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- T. Bayles Minuse Mill Pond Park: 0.3 mi
- Hilltop Meadow: 0.4 mi
- Avalon Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Roosevelt Quad Hill: 0.6 mi
- Forever Wild: 1.0 mi
- Avalon Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Butler-Huntington Woods: 2.9 mi
- Laurel Ridge Setauket Woods Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- David Weld Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Arthur Kunz County Park: 4.0 mi
- The Jazz Loft: 0.6 mi
- The Mather House Museum: 4.6 mi
- Caleb Smith House: 6.0 mi
- Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Islip Town Firefighters Museum: 10.6 mi
- Paul Simons Memorial Bicycle Path: 0.7 mi
- Patriot Rock: 2.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: We Shall Never Forget: 4.9 mi
- Statue of Whisper the Bull: 5.2 mi
- Sand Street Beach: 0.8 mi
- Schuberts Beach: 1.5 mi
- Long Beach: 1.6 mi
- West Meadow Beach: 2.2 mi
- Old Field Beach: 4.4 mi
- Mount Misery: 5.3 mi
- Dix Hills: 12.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 13.6 mi
- Half Hollow Hills: 14.9 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 16.3 mi
- Longwood Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 11.8 mi
- Long Island Dahlia Garden: 11.8 mi
- Community Reflection Garden: 14.5 mi
- Carlls River Botanical Garden: 15.5 mi
- Cartas Al Cielo: 0.4 mi
- Umbilic Torus: 0.9 mi
- Wolfie Statue: 1.0 mi
- Animal Sculptures: 4.9 mi
- Inferno: 8.7 mi
- Hercules Pavillion: 0.5 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 11.8 mi
- Long Island Maritime Museum: 13.4 mi
- Burr Homestead: 16.8 mi
- ATCG Tower: 17.5 mi
- Wolf 3: 6.7 mi
- Wolf 1: 6.7 mi
- Wolf 2: 6.7 mi
- Wolf 5: 6.7 mi
- Wolf 4: 6.8 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 13.6 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 16.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 16.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 16.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.7 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 16.8 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.4 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 21.1 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport Hill | NNW 344° | 154 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 348° | 141 m | 23.0 mi |
| Hoyden Hill | NNW 342° | 134 m | 22.7 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | WSW 246° | 122 m | 16.3 mi |
| Pavement Hill | NNW 339° | 120 m | 20.9 mi |
| West Hills | WSW 247° | 106 m | 16.6 mi |
| Belden Hill | NW 319° | 105 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NW 325° | 103 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Setauket Strong, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/463796088
Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 21 mi
- Bayville · 22 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 22 mi
- Stamford · 25 mi
- Glen Cove · 26 mi
- Nassau County · 26 mi
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