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The Peekskill Museum

The Peekskill Museum from directly overhead

The Peekskill Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 43 m. Bear Mountain stands 394 m to the west-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lepore Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

city in Westchester County, New York, United States

Dates from 1816.

Wikidata Q876191, matched on coordinates and name (101 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
43 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.28905, -73.92119

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lepore Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pugsley Park: 0.3 mi
  • Monument Park: 0.4 mi
  • Peekskill Landing: 0.5 mi
  • Riverfront Green Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Academy Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Fort Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Manitou Mountain: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • East Redoubt: 0.5 mi
  • West Redoubt: 0.6 mi
  • Old Car: 3.8 mi
  • Old Quarry House Ruins: 3.8 mi
  • Mining Operations Ruins: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Arc: 0.8 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 7.0 mi
  • General Patton: 7.3 mi
  • General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 7.3 mi
  • Washington Monument: 7.4 mi
Gardens
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.6 mi
  • Peabody Monarch Garden: 13.4 mi
Museums: 59
Cliffs: 58
  • Hell Hole: 4.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 8.8 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 9.3 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 11.2 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 2.4 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 2.9 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 7.1 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 11.2 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • Kakiat Park: 14.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 17.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 17.7 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Princess circle picnic site: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Farms Falls: 19.5 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Cascade: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of The Peekskill Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainWNW 291°394 m4.7 mi
West MountainW 266°382 m4.7 mi
Bare Rock MountainNNW 328°373 m6.3 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 310°366 m6.6 mi
Black MountainW 267°355 m6.2 mi
Long MountainWNW 293°355 m6.9 mi
Bald MountainW 265°341 m3.7 mi
The TimpWSW 258°332 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727264534233
Precip in3.63.04.43.94.34.54.74.34.64.63.74.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368061510

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