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The Westchester Children’s Museum

The Westchester Children’s Museum from directly overhead

The Westchester Children’s Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Guard Hill stands 226 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rye Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Westchester Children’s Museum
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.96460, -73.67719

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Grove 1: 0.2 mi
  • Grove 2: 0.2 mi
  • Rye Town Park: 0.3 mi
  • Manursing Island Park: 0.6 mi
  • Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • South Ridge: 2.9 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.0 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 8.3 mi
  • High Point: 8.5 mi
  • Palmer Hill: 8.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • South Lake Walk: 4.7 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 4.8 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Japanese Iris Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Grass Garden: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.0 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Northwest Bluff: 9.8 mi
  • Cooper Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.8 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 11.4 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 11.5 mi
  • The Loch: 18.9 mi
  • Cascade: 22.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.8 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of The Westchester Children’s Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guard HillN 356°226 m16.7 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 342°219 m15.1 mi
Sarles HillNNW 336°216 m14.0 mi
Hook MountainNW 311°214 m16.6 mi
McKesson HillNNW 343°213 m16.0 mi
Buttermilk HillNW 325°211 m12.3 mi
Mount NeboWNW 294°208 m14.3 mi
Indian HillN 9°201 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13057946878

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