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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, a museum in New York
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, a museum in New YorkPublic domain
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, a museum in New York
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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, a museum in New York
Public domain
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, a museum in New York
Public domain
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, a museum in New York
Public domain
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, a museum in New York
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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sutton Terrace Courtyard, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.

About

The story

The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, formerly the Abigail Adams Smith Museum, is a historic antebellum building at 421 East 61st Street, near the East River, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is open to the public as a museum. Since 1924, it has been operated by the Colonial Dames of America. As of May 2025, the museum is open for tours on selected weekdays.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1799.

Wikidata Q6924383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1799
Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.76051, -73.95971
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Vista Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Summit Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Great Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Morris: 3.1 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 3.3 mi
  • Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Palisades: 4.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 2.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.9 mi
  • The Falls: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Mount Vernon Hotel Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 319°268 m19.1 mi
Beech MountainNW 318°260 m20.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 319°230 m18.9 mi
Mount NeboN 5°208 m20.0 mi
Poacher PeakNW 317°185 m20.6 mi
Moon HillNW 317°180 m20.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 284°179 m15.3 mi
Mayapple HillW 273°175 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 73001223OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Smith, Abigail Adams, Museum, reference 73001223, listed 01/12/73.

OpenStreetMap element way/266199252

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