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Preservation Long Islannd

Preservation Long Islannd from directly overhead

Preservation Long Islannd is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Reynolds Hill stands 180 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1948
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.87126, -73.45720

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
Gardens
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 2.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Crucifix Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Walled Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Victorian Garden: 3.9 mi
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 2.4 mi
  • West Hills: 4.0 mi
  • Jayne's Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Education Area: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 4.4 mi
  • Birches: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Preservation Long Islannd. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reynolds HillNW 315°180 m23.0 mi
Round HillNW 325°172 m19.6 mi
Cooney HillNW 318°170 m21.4 mi
Comstock KnollN 359°164 m23.1 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 311°156 m20.7 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 357°141 m22.1 mi
Canoe HillN 357°140 m20.4 mi
Jayne's HillSSE 157°122 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7016083504

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