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Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image from directly overhead

Museum of the Moving Image is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.

About

The story

museum and archive in New York, United States

Dates from 1988-09-10.

Wikidata Q465765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.75619, -73.92401
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Artworks
  • Rocket: 0.1 mi
  • Rocket: 0.1 mi
  • Bear: 0.1 mi
  • Athena: 0.8 mi
  • Welcome to Queens: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
  • Hallet’s Cove: 1.1 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.7 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 5.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.2 mi
  • Vista Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Summit Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Great Hill: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 5.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.4 mi
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Palisades: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Loch: 3.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.0 mi
  • The Falls: 10.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Museum of the Moving Image. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 316°268 m20.6 mi
Beech MountainNW 315°260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 315°230 m20.4 mi
Mount NeboN 360°208 m20.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW 314°185 m22.1 mi
Moon HillNW 314°180 m21.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 283°179 m17.2 mi
Mayapple HillW 274°175 m19.1 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 °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368061644

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