Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 362 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Beachwood City Park East, a park 0.2 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 6.9 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Maltz Museum is a private non-profit museum in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood that opened in 2005. The museum celebrates the history of the Jewish community of Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, as well as the diversity of the human experience, with a focus on tolerance. Co-founder Milton Maltz’s company, The Malrite Company, was the lead developer. Malrite focuses on the development of innovative museum projects around the country, including the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. The building's exterior brickwork is made of Jerusalem gold limestone which was sourced from Israel.
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Dates from 2005.
Wikidata Q6744940, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 19.9 mi off the Heritage Corridors of Bath
- 24.5 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Creek Falls Overlook · 7 mi
- Cleveland Script Sign - Euclid Beach · 8 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
- Cuyahoga River Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beachwood City Park East: 0.2 mi
- Beachwood City Park West: 0.3 mi
- Pepper Pike Park: 0.7 mi
- Shaker Heights Median Park: 0.8 mi
- Shaker Heights Median Park: 1.6 mi
- David Berger National Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Mona Society: 1.9 mi
- St. Ignatius Statue: 2.0 mi
- John Carroll Bust: 2.0 mi
- Beachwood Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Howard Koverman Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Ashurst Rain Garden: 2.7 mi
- Warrendale Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Eastway Garden: 3.1 mi
- Acacia Reservation: 1.9 mi
- Forest Ridge Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Russell Uplands Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Becvar Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Whitesburg Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Beaudry Statue of Mary: 2.0 mi
- Van Aken District Murals: 2.2 mi
- Your Silence Will Not Save You: 5.5 mi
- Unstable Tables: 5.6 mi
- Anchor: 5.7 mi
- Museum of American Porcelain Art: 3.1 mi
- Nature Center at Shaker Lakes: 4.0 mi
- Centennial Dental Museum: 5.9 mi
- The Sculpture Center: 5.9 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland: 6.0 mi
- Chagrin River High Falls: 6.3 mi
- Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cleveland Cultural Gardens: 7.7 mi
- La Vera Party Center: 7.8 mi
- League Park: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Area #2 (Pine Grove): 4.0 mi
- Quarry Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Kelly Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Harper Ridge Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Henry Church Rock Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Dugway Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Chagrin Falls: 6.3 mi
- Great Falls of Tinker's Creek: 6.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.9 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Orange Hill: 3.4 mi
- Gildersleeve Mountain: 10.8 mi
- McConougheys Hill: 11.3 mi
- Sand Hill: 11.9 mi
- Waite Hill: 12.0 mi
- Villa Beach: 8.1 mi
- Beulah Park Beach: 8.2 mi
- Euclid Beach: 8.3 mi
- Villa Angela Beach: 8.4 mi
- Lake Lucerne Beach: 9.5 mi
- Cleveland East Pierhead Light: 11.5 mi
- Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light: 11.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 11.6 mi
- Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
- West Breakwater Light: 23.0 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Southbound: 20.5 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Northbound: 20.6 mi
- Whipps Ledges: 20.7 mi
- Wordens Ledges: 21.9 mi
- Princess Ledges: 23.3 mi
- Princess Ledges: 23.3 mi
- Newbury Center: 13.1 mi
- Brandywine Village: 14.0 mi
- Cobbs Corners: 16.1 mi
- White Oak Spring: 17.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | ESE 105° | 423 m | 21.0 mi |
| Derthick Hill | SE 127° | 409 m | 19.0 mi |
| Portage County high point | ESE 123° | 408 m | 21.0 mi |
| Summit County high point | SSW 208° | 404 m | 17.9 mi |
| McConougheys Hill | ESE 116° | 399 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cuyahoga County high point | SW 219° | 390 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sand Hill | ENE 75° | 381 m | 11.9 mi |
| The Knob | NE 46° | 378 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:22 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:15 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/298708311
Day trips start here
- Beachwood · 0 mi
- University Heights · 2 mi
- Shaker Heights · 3 mi
- Cleveland Heights · 4 mi
- Chagrin Falls · 6 mi
- Cleveland/East Side · 8 mi
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