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Polish American Museum

Polish American Museum from directly overhead

Polish American Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Blumenfeld Family Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.5 miles off.

About

The story

Dates from 1977.

Wikidata Q7209863, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.82936, -73.69017

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Monfort Cemetery: 0.4 mi
  • Replica of Cow Bay working boat: 0.6 mi
  • Manorhaven War Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Manorhaven 9/11 Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Plandome War Memorial: 1.6 mi
Beaches
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 0.6 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 1.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Colonial Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Freddy's Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Bird and Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Queens High Point: 5.2 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.5 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 10.6 mi
Attractions
  • Tillotson Steps: 8.6 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 9.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Pinetum: 9.0 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Lindens B: 9.0 mi
  • West Lindens: 9.0 mi
  • Lindens A: 9.0 mi
  • North Maples: 9.0 mi
  • Cedars: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 8.8 mi
  • The Loch: 14.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.8 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Polish American Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 342°211 m20.4 mi
Mount NeboNW 321°208 m19.6 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 348°180 m19.5 mi
Round HillN 3°172 m19.0 mi
Cooney HillN 353°170 m18.9 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 348°156 m16.8 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 336°147 m19.7 mi
Beaver HillNNW 336°140 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/769790791

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