The Whaling Museum & Education Center
The Whaling Museum & Education Center is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Reynolds Hill stands 180 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Preservation Long Islannd, a museum 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.
General admission plus family and adult programs
The story
The Whaling Museum & Education Center, formerly known as The Whaling Museum, is a maritime museum located in Cold Spring Harbor, New York dedicated to the local history, the maritime heritage of Long Island and its impact on the whaling industry. The Museum, which welcomes about 20,000 visitors annually, is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Whaling Museum Society was founded in 1936, with the Museum opening in 1942. Its exhibit space is 2,500 square feet including an educational workshop. The museum holds about 6,000 documents and artifacts from Cold Spring Harbor and other Long Island whaling towns. Its collection includes a 19th-century whaleboat with original gear and a large collection of scrimshaw. Additional displays include whaling implements, ship’s gear, navigational aids, ship models and maritime art. The library and archival collection contains 2,800 primary and secondary volumes and manuscript material from the Cold Spring whaling fleet, ship’s logs, journals and business correspondence of the Cold Spring Whaling Company, family documents dealing with maritime commerce on Long Island, records of the Long Island coastwise trade under sail and records from the Cold Spring Harbor Customs House (1798 until 1908). The museum hosts educational events and exhibitions year-round, including films, lectures, performances, and special events, connecting the subject of whaling to other subjects in art, science, and culture.
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Dates from 1942.
Wikidata Q5142362, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Whaling Museum Society, Inc.
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Preservation Long Islannd: 0.2 mi
- Fire House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Heckscher Museum of Art: 1.7 mi
- The Arsenal: 2.1 mi
- Old Orchard: 2.4 mi
- Wawapek Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Jennings Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Shore Road Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Squadron Hill Park: 0.8 mi
- Uplands Farm Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- William and Joyce O'Neil: 0.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Patricia and Colin Williams-Hawkes: 0.4 mi
- Squadron "C" Farm: 0.8 mi
- Tony Coe: 1.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Park: 0.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor State Park: 0.7 mi
- Heckscher Park: 1.8 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 1.8 mi
- Village Green Park: 1.9 mi
- Three Condors: 0.6 mi
- Charles Darwin: 1.1 mi
- Dance of the Polypeptides: 1.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Mary and Jesus: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 0.8 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 0.8 mi
- Gold Star Battalion Beach: 2.0 mi
- West Neck Beach: 2.5 mi
- Quail Hill Beach: 2.5 mi
- ATCG Tower: 1.2 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 3.9 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 5.1 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 13.3 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 13.5 mi
- Organic Demonstration Site #1: 2.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
- Crucifix Garden: 2.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
- Victorian Garden: 4.0 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 2.6 mi
- West Hills: 4.1 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 4.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 4.7 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 4.9 mi
- Lower Education Area: 2.8 mi
- Upper Education Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 4.5 mi
- Birches: 11.6 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 4.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 4.7 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 3.8 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 6.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 10.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 10.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 11.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.9 mi
- Farms Falls: 19.4 mi
- The Falls: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of The Whaling Museum & Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Hill | NW 315° | 180 m | 23.0 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 324° | 172 m | 19.6 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NW 317° | 170 m | 21.4 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | N 359° | 164 m | 23.1 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 310° | 156 m | 20.8 mi |
| Huckleberry Hills | N 357° | 141 m | 22.0 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 356° | 140 m | 20.3 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | SSE 159° | 122 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/470238317
Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 4 mi
- Bayville · 6 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 8 mi
- Glen Cove · 9 mi
- Nassau County · 11 mi
- Roslyn · 11 mi
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