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Museum of African Art

Museum of African Art from directly overhead

Museum of African Art is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Singer Building, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.72500, -73.99778
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Little Singer Building: 0.1 mi
  • SoHo: 0.2 mi
  • King of Green Street: 0.2 mi
  • Liz Christy Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Rt. Rev. John Dubois, 3rd Bishop of New York, burial marker: 0.2 mi
  • San Remo Cafe: 0.3 mi
  • General José Artigas: 0.4 mi
  • The Triangle Fire Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Reverand Antonio Demo C.S.: 0.4 mi
Parks
Gardens
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 59
  • Grassy Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.0 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.7 mi
  • Palisades: 3.3 mi
  • Palisades: 5.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.1 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.7 mi
  • The Loch: 5.2 mi
  • The Falls: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of African Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m19.9 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 310°263 m24.2 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m21.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m19.7 mi
Mount NeboN 9°208 m22.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 326°185 m21.3 mi
Moon HillNW 326°180 m21.0 mi
Stony HillWNW 295°179 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368061657

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