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Sag Harbor Whaling Museum

Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum in New York
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum in New YorkCaptJayRuffins · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum in New York
CaptJayRuffins · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum in New York
CaptJayRuffins · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum in New York
CaptJayRuffins · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum in New York
CaptJayRuffins · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum in New York
CaptJayRuffins · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Custom House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 7.6 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum is dedicated to the port town's past within the American whaling industry. It houses the largest collection of whaling equipment in the state of New York.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7398871, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.99767, -72.29726

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John Steinbeck Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Windmill Beach Park: 0.4 mi
  • Marine Park: 0.4 mi
  • Otter Pond Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mashashimuet Park: 0.6 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 42
  • Custom House: 0.0 mi
  • Sag Harbor Fireman's Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Childrens Museum of the East End: 3.4 mi
  • South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center: 3.4 mi
  • Bridgehampton Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Powder Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Browns Hills: 10.8 mi
  • Shinnecock Hills: 11.5 mi
  • Oregon Hills: 12.6 mi
  • Whale Hill: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Rain Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 21.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 23.1 mi
  • West Garden: 23.1 mi
  • East Garden: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sag Harbor Whaling Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWSW 249°88 m23.0 mi
Mares HillNNW 343°79 m24.6 mi
Flanders HillWSW 242°70 m18.2 mi
Prospect HillNNW 347°66 m22.3 mi
Myer HillN 357°64 m24.9 mi
Cheney HillNNW 348°63 m24.4 mi
Viney HillNNW 347°62 m23.7 mi
Obed HeightsN 349°60 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1819:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1115:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313238475666727164544436
Precip in4.03.64.94.33.63.93.23.94.84.73.85.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/473208582

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