The Voelker Orth Museum
The Voelker Orth Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Travis Triangle, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden in Murray Hill, Queens, New York City, United States
Wikidata Q16902784, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 9.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Travis Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Murray Hill Playground: 0.3 mi
- Leonard Square: 0.3 mi
- Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
- Fox Oaks: 0.5 mi
- Flushing Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Kissena Park World War I Monument: 1.3 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Second Base 1964-2008: 1.8 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 0.4 mi
- John Bowne House: 0.5 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 2.0 mi
- Queens Museum: 2.1 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 1.1 mi
- Pinetum: 1.1 mi
- Oak Allée: 1.1 mi
- Circle Garden: 1.1 mi
- Floral Border: 1.1 mi
- Seal: 1.2 mi
- Perpetual Nature: 1.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Wood Pile: 1.6 mi
- Tom Seaver: 1.7 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Wedding Garden: 1.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 1.2 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 1.2 mi
- Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
- Parsons Beach: 3.3 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 6.2 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 6.9 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.0 mi
- PWEA Beach: 7.0 mi
- Virginia Point: 3.9 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.9 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 7.8 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.9 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.1 mi
- Janes Hill: 5.9 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.1 mi
- Mount Morris: 7.2 mi
- Street Seats: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Area D: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Area C: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Area F: 9.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 10.7 mi
- Palisades: 10.9 mi
- Palisades: 12.0 mi
- The Loch: 7.8 mi
- The Falls: 8.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 8.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 18.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.7 mi
- Cuties Island: 24.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of The Voelker Orth Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 344° | 208 m | 20.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 278° | 179 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 11° | 170 m | 23.6 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 8° | 156 m | 21.1 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 356° | 147 m | 22.5 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 358° | 140 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 356° | 140 m | 21.3 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 355° | 127 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1113221250
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 1 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 4 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 4 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Bronx · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 7 mi
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