Meadowlands Museum
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Meadowlands Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Stony Brook Mountains stands 289 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rutherford Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
The Meadowlands Museum is a museum located in Rutherford, New Jersey. It was established in 1961 as a repository for artifacts relating to the history of Rutherford and the New Jersey Meadowlands region.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q14705739, matched on coordinates and name (71 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- donation
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rutherford Park: 0.4 mi
- Hilltop Park: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.8 mi
- Firemen's Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Riggin Memorial Field: 0.8 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 0.5 mi
- truck: 2.8 mi
- Brighton Asylum: 3.6 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 4.6 mi
- USS Ling: 5.6 mi
- World War I Monument: 0.8 mi
- The George Washington Tree: 1.3 mi
- NA Historical Marker - Eckhardt Farm: 1.8 mi
- AMVETS Carillon: 1.8 mi
- WTC Memorial Cove: 2.1 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 1.4 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 6.2 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 6.9 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Hazard Beach: 8.1 mi
- Carlstadt Historic Firehouse Museum: 1.8 mi
- William D. McDowell Observatory: 2.0 mi
- Meadowlands Environment Center: 2.0 mi
- Secaucus Town Museum: 3.0 mi
- Nutley Museum: 3.1 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 1.9 mi
- 1-E Landfill: 2.7 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 3.3 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Mills Reservation: 6.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.0 mi
- Meadowlands Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Millridge Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Branch Brook Park Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 4.6 mi
- Welcome To Secaucus: 2.9 mi
- Major General Philip Kearny: 3.7 mi
- The Involved Student: 4.6 mi
- Saint Mother Teresa: 4.6 mi
- Tug of War: 4.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 4.0 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 4.2 mi
- Kings Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Eifall: 6.8 mi
- Garret Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Palisades: 5.9 mi
- Palisades: 5.9 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 6.4 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 6.4 mi
- The Backyard: 1.7 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 8.5 mi
- Freedom Field: 8.5 mi
- The Park: 9.2 mi
- The Loch: 7.7 mi
- Great Falls: 8.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 10.5 mi
- Hobble Falls: 10.6 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 10.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 4.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.6 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 25.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 25.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 17.4 mi
- New City Village: 20.7 mi
- Barber: 21.2 mi
- Monksville: 23.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 10.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Meadowlands Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Mountains | NW 307° | 289 m | 18.1 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | WNW 303° | 283 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sheep Hill | WNW 295° | 276 m | 17.4 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 335° | 268 m | 11.8 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | WNW 303° | 268 m | 16.9 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 305° | 263 m | 16.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 333° | 260 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 335° | 230 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1098983111
Day trips start here
- East Rutherford · 1 mi
- Rutherford · 1 mi
- Nutley · 3 mi
- Passaic · 3 mi
- Secaucus · 3 mi
- Clifton · 4 mi
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