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Trolley Museum of New York

Trolley Museum of New York, a museum in New York
Trolley Museum of New York, a museum in New YorkRobert Gray from Newton, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Trolley Museum of New York, a museum in New York
Robert Gray from Newton, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Trolley Museum of New York, a museum in New York
Robert Gray from Newton, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Trolley Museum of New York, a museum in New York
Robert Gray from Newton, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Trolley Museum of New York, a museum in New York
Robert Gray from Newton, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Trolley Museum of New York, a museum in New York
Robert Gray from Newton, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0

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Trolley Museum of New York is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Overlook Mountain stands 956 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverport Wooden Boat School, a museum 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

About

The story

The Trolley Museum of New York is a non-profit organization located at 89 East Strand Street in Kingston, New York. The museum is open to the public on a seasonal schedule, but volunteer activities relating to the preservation of historic transit are year-round.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1955.

Wikidata Q7845191, matched on coordinates and name (32 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.92051, -73.98025

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Rondout Lighthouse: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans' Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Fountain: 2.8 mi
  • M. E. Church: 2.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Golden Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Hussey Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Fly Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Pink Hill: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls
  • Coward's Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 39
Museums: 33
  • Riverport Wooden Boat School: 0.1 mi
  • Hudson River Maritime Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History: 0.3 mi
  • Kingston Pop Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Friends of Historic Kingston: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Wishbone: 7.6 mi
  • America: 7.7 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 8.5 mi
  • Stargon: 8.5 mi
  • Tomorrow: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Rondout Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Ellipse: 7.1 mi
  • Rough Garden: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Kingston Point Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Flint Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Esopus Meadows Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Walnut Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Private Beach: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Hudson River Cruises: 0.2 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 4.8 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 12.3 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 12.8 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 12.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Bear Wallow: 15.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 21.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Trolley Museum of New York. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Overlook MountainNNW 333°956 m12.8 mi
Plattekill MountainNNW 337°942 m14.0 mi
HilltopS 178°862 m10.3 mi
Ticetonyk MountainWNW 295°765 m13.5 mi
Mount GuardianNW 323°640 m12.9 mi
Tonshi MountainWNW 297°607 m12.2 mi
Roundtop MountainNW 307°605 m14.6 mi
Beetree HillNW 310°554 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/82008837

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