Museum of Russian Art
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Museum of Russian Art is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Paulus Hook Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
The Museum of Russian Art (MoRA) is a museum in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is dedicated to exhibiting Russian art, particularly Soviet Nonconformist Art. It was established in 1980 as CASE Museum of Contemporary Russian Art (the name including the abbreviation for the Committee for the Absorption of Soviet Emigres.) The museum's historic brownstone building in Paulus Hook underwent renovation and re-opened in 2010.
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Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q4044655, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Paulus Hook Park: 0.0 mi
- General Nathanael Greene Park: 0.2 mi
- J. Owen Grundy Park: 0.3 mi
- Morris Canal Peninsula Park: 0.3 mi
- Morris Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Jersey City 9/11 Memorial: 0.2 mi
- The Morris Canal: 0.2 mi
- Katyn Memorial: 0.2 mi
- JCPD: 0.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Sky Cache: 0.2 mi
- Beacon: 0.3 mi
- Hyatt Jersey City Sundial: 0.4 mi
- Pavonia Arcs: 0.8 mi
- Pylons: 1.0 mi
- Colgate Clock: 0.3 mi
- Sherman Zwicker: 1.1 mi
- One World Trade Center: 1.3 mi
- New York Stock Exchange: 1.5 mi
- Barthman's Sidewalk Clock: 1.5 mi
- Cherry Tree Grove: 0.4 mi
- Terminal Field: 0.6 mi
- North Cove Field: 0.6 mi
- Crescent Field: 1.1 mi
- Liberty Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Liberty Science Center: 1.0 mi
- Ellis Island Immigration Museum: 1.1 mi
- Skyscraper Museum: 1.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum: 1.3 mi
- MĒRCER LABS: 1.4 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 2.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.4 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.4 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.1 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.1 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.2 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Bird Island: 2.4 mi
- Audubon Park: 2.7 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 3.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Freedom Field: 1.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.4 mi
- Street Seats: 5.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.0 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 6.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 13.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.2 mi
- The Loch: 6.8 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 0.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.1 mi
- Barber: 17.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 18.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Museum of Russian Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 334° | 268 m | 19.5 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 314° | 263 m | 23.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 333° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 334° | 230 m | 19.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 331° | 185 m | 20.8 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 332° | 180 m | 20.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 302° | 179 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 287° | 175 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Hoboken · 2 mi
- Hudson County · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 2 mi
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