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Science Museum of Long Island

Science Museum of Long Island from directly overhead

Science Museum of Long Island is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Leeds Pond Preserve, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.81541, -73.70133

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 0.3 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Plandome War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Replica of Cow Bay working boat: 1.1 mi
  • Manhasset Park Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Manhasset WWI Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Munsey Park Vietnam Memorial: 1.3 mi
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Queens High Point: 4.1 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 9.1 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 9.6 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.0 mi
Attractions
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 7.9 mi
  • Circle Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Pinetum: 7.9 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Unity Garden: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Lindens B: 8.7 mi
  • West Lindens: 8.7 mi
  • North Maples: 8.7 mi
  • Lindens A: 8.7 mi
  • Cedars: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 8.8 mi
  • The Loch: 13.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.2 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Science Museum of Long Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 344°211 m21.2 mi
Mount NeboNW 324°208 m20.0 mi
Reynolds HillN 350°180 m20.4 mi
Round HillN 4°172 m20.0 mi
Cooney HillN 355°170 m19.8 mi
Kennelwood HillN 350°156 m17.7 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 339°147 m20.4 mi
Beaver HillNNW 339°140 m18.6 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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/614149318

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