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Middletown Historical Society

Middletown Historical Society from directly overhead

Middletown Historical Society is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Losees Hill stands 647 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Run4 Downtown Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

From a plaque outside: "Edwin Welling van Duzer Memorial Home, built 1887. Frank J. Lindsay, Architect. 1939 Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Prec".

About

The story

Erie Railroad station in Middletown, New York

Dates from 1843.

Wikidata Q14706963, matched on coordinates and name (368 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct, Inc.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.44431, -74.41786

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Run4 Downtown Park: 0.1 mi
  • Academy Avenue Park: 0.1 mi
  • Festival Square: 0.2 mi
  • North Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bennett Hill Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Cliffs
Artworks
  • Power Teach: 13.6 mi
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 14.3 mi
  • Storm King Wall: 18.2 mi
  • Three-Fold Manifestation II: 18.2 mi
  • Wave Field: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 54
Attractions: 35
Gardens: 29
  • The Meditation Garden: 1.1 mi
  • East Coast: 7.0 mi
  • Middle America: 7.0 mi
  • New York City: 7.0 mi
  • Midtown: 7.1 mi
Museums: 29
Beaches: 29
  • Stone Beach: 10.4 mi
  • LakemPanoranma Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Wanaksink Lake Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Mullet Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Denton Falls: 14.0 mi
  • High Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Katrina Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Mines Falls: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Middletown Rest Area: 1.8 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 12.5 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 12.6 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Middletown Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Losees HillN 9°647 m15.7 mi
Bear HillN 4°593 m15.4 mi
High PointSW 236°551 m15.2 mi
Schunnemunk MountainESE 103°507 m16.0 mi
Taylor MountainSSE 169°454 m16.6 mi
Mount HopeNW 306°428 m6.4 mi
High PointESE 107°423 m16.3 mi
Buck KnollW 272°417 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2519:5420:36
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2115:4716:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836495968727163534131
Precip in2.62.13.04.03.84.64.24.54.34.53.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown 2 NW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/545586452

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