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Paley Center for Media

Paley Center for Media from directly overhead

Paley Center for Media is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is MoMA, a museum 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.

The story

American museum of broadcasting

Dates from 1984.

Wikidata Q7127465, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1990
Height
30 m
Elevation
21 m

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.76055, -73.97762

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
  • Jean-Marc: 0.1 mi
  • Atlas: 0.1 mi
  • Prometheus: 0.1 mi
  • SEED54: 0.1 mi
  • Listen: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Paley Park: 0.1 mi
  • Channel Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Trum Tower Public Atrium: 0.2 mi
  • 590 Madison Public Atrium: 0.2 mi
  • 437 Madison Avenue - POPS: 0.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.4 mi
  • Palisades: 3.4 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.4 mi
  • Palisades: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 2.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.9 mi
  • The Falls: 11.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Paley Center for Media. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 322°268 m18.5 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 303°263 m23.5 mi
Beech MountainNW 321°260 m19.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m18.3 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 330°224 m23.4 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m20.1 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m20.0 mi
Moon HillNW 319°180 m19.7 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/162755458

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