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Trailside Nature Museum

Trailside Nature Museum from directly overhead

Trailside Nature Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildflower Garden Enclosure, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
2.4384 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Westchester County Parks
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.25751, -73.58902

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
Peaks
  • Pell Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Fox Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Long Pond Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Aspetong: 3.6 mi
  • East Long Pond Mountain: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 0.6 mi
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 1.3 mi
  • Old stone wall: 2.4 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 2.6 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lewisboro Town Park: 1.2 mi
  • John Jay Campus: 1.5 mi
  • South Salem Fire Department Grounds: 1.6 mi
  • St John's Park: 1.9 mi
  • South Salem Presbyterian Church grounds: 2.1 mi
Museums
Beaches
Artworks: 37
  • Annunaki: 0.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 12.0 mi
  • greek letter pi: 12.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 15
  • Sheep Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cascade: 7.5 mi
  • Farms Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Cascade: 9.5 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 0.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 0.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 9.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Trailside Nature Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNE 39°304 m8.3 mi
Bailey MountainNNE 27°299.314 m4.3 mi
Moses MountainNE 42°296 m9.6 mi
Barlow MountainNE 45°290 m6.7 mi
West MountainNE 45°285 m4.6 mi
Ned MountainNNE 30°284 m7.2 mi
Seth Low MountainNE 38°283 m6.3 mi
Titicus MountainNNE 17°281 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1319887272

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