Museum · New York
Transportation Museum
Transportation Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Sugar Loaf stands 229 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Carriage Manufactory, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 5.0 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.57139, -74.14494
- 21.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.3 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Carriage Manufactory: 0.0 mi
- Barn Foundation: 0.1 mi
- First County Jail: 0.1 mi
- Site of 1st County Courthouse: 0.1 mi
- Historic Stone Chimney: 1.8 mi
Museums
- Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art: 0.5 mi
- The Peter Houseman House: 3.1 mi
- The Scott-Edwards House: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Ground Historical Society: 4.3 mi
Parks
- La Tourette Park: 0.4 mi
- King Fisher Park: 0.7 mi
- Captain Roald Amundsen Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Brookfield Park: 1.0 mi
- Marsh Point Triangle: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Egbertville Ravine: 0.8 mi
- Decker Farm: 0.9 mi
- Sweet Brook Bluebelt: 1.6 mi
- Arden Heights Woods: 2.1 mi
- Laredo Avenue Parcel: 2.2 mi
Attractions
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 0.9 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 0.9 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 1.7 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 2.3 mi
- Jurassic Park: 2.4 mi
Gardens
- Native Rhododendron Garden: 1.4 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 2.6 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 4.3 mi
- Joe Holzka Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Vivid Chroma Locomotion: 1.4 mi
- Willowbrook Milestone 12: 1.8 mi
- Willowbrook Mile 11: 1.8 mi
- Compost-Twin: 1.8 mi
- Willowbrook Milestone 02: 1.8 mi
Beaches
- Oakwood Beach: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 2.4 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 2.6 mi
- Midland Beach: 3.2 mi
- Annadale Beach: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 58
- Todt Hill: 2.6 mi
- Emerson Hill: 3.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 4.5 mi
- Fox Hills: 4.7 mi
- Park Hill: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 33
- Linden Airport mini-park: 6.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 11.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 11.4 mi
- The Park: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Palisades: 13.0 mi
- Hawk Hill: 14.4 mi
- Palisades: 15.2 mi
- Palisades: 18.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Fallkill Falls: 11.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 14.5 mi
- Hobble Falls: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 10.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 10.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- North Tower: 14.7 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 6.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 6.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.6 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 6.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 14.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Transportation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Loaf | NW 305° | 229 m | 24.8 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NW 308° | 217 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NW 305° | 215 m | 23.9 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | WNW 301° | 204 m | 24.6 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | NW 311° | 180 m | 23.7 mi |
| Stony Hill | NNW 343° | 179 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NNW 332° | 175 m | 15.8 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | W 276° | 168 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/248268420
Day trips start here
- Staten Island · 1 mi
- Linden · 6 mi
- Bayonne · 7 mi
- Elizabeth · 7 mi
- Woodbridge · 7 mi
- Perth Amboy · 8 mi
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