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The Museum at FIT

The Museum at FIT from directly overhead

The Museum at FIT is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Poster House, a museum 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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The Museum at FIT

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.74665, -73.99415
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Penn South Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Pearson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Greeley Square Park: 0.3 mi
  • Chelsea Green: 0.4 mi
  • Worth Square Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.1 mi
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 6.6 mi
  • Palisades: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 3.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.0 mi
  • The Falls: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of The Museum at FIT. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m18.8 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 306°263 m23.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 324°260 m19.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 325°230 m18.5 mi
Mount NeboN 10°208 m21.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW 323°185 m20.2 mi
Moon HillNW 323°180 m19.9 mi
Stony HillWNW 289°179 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3623620317

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