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Museum of Arts and Design is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Christopher Columbus, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

About

The story

The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), based in Manhattan, New York City, collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the museum celebrates the creative process through which materials are crafted into works that enhance contemporary life.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1956.

Wikidata Q6940773, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
45 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.76746, -73.98199
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Parks
  • Balsley Park: 0.2 mi
  • 30 Lincoln Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Robert Moses Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Dante Park: 0.3 mi
  • St. Peter's Garden: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 2.1 mi
  • Palisades: 2.9 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 2.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.4 mi
  • The Falls: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Museum of Arts and Design. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 321°268 m18.0 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 303°263 m23.1 mi
Beech MountainNW 320°260 m19.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 320°230 m17.8 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 330°224 m22.9 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m19.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m19.5 mi
Moon HillNW 319°180 m19.2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/109269297

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