The Rockwell Museum
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The Rockwell Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 284 m. Tower Hill stands 715 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Artemus, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Rockwell Museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate museum of American art located in the Southern Tier region of New York in downtown Corning, New York. Frommer's describes it as "one of the best-designed small museums in the Northeast." In 2015, The Rockwell Museum was named a Smithsonian Affiliate, the first in New York State outside of New York City.
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Dates from 1974.
Wikidata Q18157765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buechner Park: 0.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.2 mi
- Canfield Park: 0.2 mi
- Fall Brook Park: 0.4 mi
- Houghton Park: 0.4 mi
- Denmark Hill: 1.6 mi
- Higman Hill: 1.7 mi
- Spencer Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rose Hill: 3.8 mi
- Quackenbush Hill: 4.8 mi
- Spencer Crest Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- Erwin Hollow State Forest: 3.3 mi
- Erwin Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Erwin Mountain State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Steege Hill Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Painted Post Monument: 2.3 mi
- Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 3.5 mi
- IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 3.9 mi
- Preemption Line: 4.6 mi
- Soaring Capital of America: 8.4 mi
- Kids Rockewell Art Lab: 0.0 mi
- Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot: 2.4 mi
- Big Flats Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- National Soaring Museum: 7.9 mi
- Horseheads Historical Society: 11.9 mi
- Artemus: 0.0 mi
- Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- The Critic: 0.3 mi
- Glass Blower: 0.3 mi
- Metal Abstract: 12.5 mi
- Shequaga Falls: 17.4 mi
- Aunt Sarah's Falls: 17.6 mi
- Deckertown Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 18.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 18.1 mi
- Little Joe Tower: 0.3 mi
- Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 0.8 mi
- Larry the Elk: 17.2 mi
- Seneca Lake Pier House: 19.1 mi
- Erwin Text Zone / Parking Area: 4.0 mi
- Campbell Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 17.2 mi
- Kanona Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 18.2 mi
- Mossy Bank: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of The Rockwell Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hill | S 172° | 715 m | 16.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | SSE 165° | 638 m | 16.2 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | S 175° | 592 m | 11.3 mi |
| Quackenbush Hill | NE 50° | 580 m | 4.8 mi |
| Martin Hill | NE 45° | 579 m | 8.8 mi |
| Townley Hill | NE 43° | 574 m | 8.0 mi |
| Irish Hill | NW 324° | 574 m | 14.5 mi |
| Buck Hill | S 184° | 572 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corning, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Southern Tier · 7 mi
- Watkins Glen · 19 mi
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