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Staten Island Museum and Institue of Arts and Sciences

Staten Island Museum and Institue of Arts and Sciences from directly overhead

Staten Island Museum and Institue of Arts and Sciences is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is St. George Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

museum in Staten Island, New York

Dates from 1881.

Wikidata Q1140168, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

What the record says

Height
15.3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64445, -74.07772

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Park Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Fox Hills: 2.0 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Todt Hill: 3.6 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.0 mi
  • The Loch: 12.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Staten Island Museum and Institue of Arts and Sciences. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 344°268 m23.4 mi
Beech MountainNNW 343°260 m24.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 344°230 m23.1 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 293°217 m24.6 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 341°185 m24.4 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 296°180 m23.8 mi
Moon HillNNW 342°180 m24.2 mi
Stony HillNW 323°179 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/241853811

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