National Jazz Museum in Harlem
National Jazz Museum in Harlem is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward P. Bowman Park, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is dedicated to preservation and celebration of the jazz history, culture and music of Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The museum was founded in 1996 by Leonard Garment, then Counsel to two U.S. presidents and an accomplished jazz saxophonist, Abraham David Sofaer, former U.S. district judge who gave the initial gift in honor of his brother-in-law Richard J. Scheuer, Jr., and matching funds from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, Harlem Community Development Corporation. For more than 15 years, the museum was in East Harlem at 104 East 126th Street. On February 1, 2016, the museum re-opened in a new space at 58 West 129th Street in Central Harlem with approximately 1900 square feet of exhibition space.
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Dates from 1995.
Wikidata Q6973870, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Edward P. Bowman Park: 0.0 mi
- Unity Park: 0.0 mi
- United Block Association Garden: 0.1 mi
- Harlem Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- W 124th St Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rev. Linnette C Williamson Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Collyer Brothers Park: 0.1 mi
- Courtney Callender Playground: 0.2 mi
- Harlem Grown 127th Street Learning Annex: 0.2 mi
- 132nd Street Block Association Park: 0.2 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.1 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.5 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.9 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.0 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 1.2 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 0.3 mi
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial: 0.8 mi
- The Africa Center: 1.0 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 1.1 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 1.2 mi
- Higher Ground: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 0.4 mi
- General Winfield Scott Hancock: 0.5 mi
- Harlem Hybrid: 0.6 mi
- Growth: 0.6 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.4 mi
- Great Hill: 1.2 mi
- Janes Hill: 1.7 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.5 mi
- Harriet Tubman Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Gas Explosion Empty Lot: 0.7 mi
- Matthew Travis Palacios: 0.8 mi
- Carl Schurz Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Farmers Gate: 1.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 3.1 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 4.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.7 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.9 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.7 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.1 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.3 mi
- Street Seats: 4.1 mi
- The Backyard: 6.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Palisades: 5.6 mi
- Palisades: 7.0 mi
- The Loch: 1.4 mi
- The Falls: 7.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 310° | 268 m | 17.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 309° | 260 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 309° | 230 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 3° | 208 m | 16.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 308° | 185 m | 18.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 308° | 180 m | 18.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 271° | 179 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 262° | 175 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8270992264
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 2 mi
- Fort Lee · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 3 mi
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