Van Nostrand - Starkins House And Museum
Van Nostrand - Starkins House And Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mackay Horse Tamer, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
The Van Nostrand-Starkins House is a museum and historic house located within the Incorporated Village of Roslyn, in Nassau County, New York, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1680.
Wikidata Q140799575, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 25 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 16.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mackay Horse Tamer: 0.2 mi
- Mackay Horse Tamer: 0.4 mi
- St. Francis Statue: 1.4 mi
- Benjamin Franklin: 3.9 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt: 3.9 mi
- Gerry Park: 0.2 mi
- Roslyn Heights Public Mall: 0.3 mi
- Roslyn Pines Swim & Tennis Club: 0.5 mi
- Donald Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Skillman Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Roslyn Bicentennial Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Roslyn Grist Mill: 0.4 mi
- For Philip's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Cedarmere: 1.1 mi
- William Cullent Bryant: 1.1 mi
- Roslyn Landmark Society: 0.4 mi
- Arnold and Joan Saltzman Fine Arts Building: 1.1 mi
- Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Sands-Willets Homestead: 2.3 mi
- Science Museum of Long Island: 3.2 mi
- Harbor Hill: 0.5 mi
- Queens High Point: 4.6 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 7.7 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 9.0 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 9.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 0.9 mi
- Clark Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Formal Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- Greentree Walled Garden: 2.2 mi
- Colonial Garden: 2.3 mi
- William Cullen Bryant Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Louis C. Clark Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Old Westbury Unique Area: 2.7 mi
- Hempstead Harbor Natural Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Harry Tappen Beach: 3.0 mi
- Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 3.4 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 3.4 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.5 mi
- PWEA Beach: 3.6 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 8.3 mi
- Welcome Center: 9.8 mi
- Circle Garden: 9.9 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 9.9 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 9.9 mi
- Lindens B: 5.7 mi
- West Lindens: 5.7 mi
- Lindens A: 5.7 mi
- North Maples: 5.7 mi
- Cedars: 5.7 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 13.5 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 13.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 10.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.1 mi
- The Falls: 12.0 mi
- The Loch: 16.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 19.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 19.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 19.3 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.1 mi
- Cuties Island: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Van Nostrand - Starkins House And Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | NNW 339° | 211 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NW 320° | 208 m | 22.9 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNW 343° | 180 m | 22.4 mi |
| Round Hill | N 356° | 172 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNW 348° | 170 m | 21.6 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNW 343° | 156 m | 19.7 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | NNW 333° | 147 m | 22.9 mi |
| Beaver Hill | NNW 333° | 140 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/368061456
Day trips start here
- Roslyn · 0 mi
- Flower Hill · 2 mi
- Manhasset · 2 mi
- Mineola · 3 mi
- North Hempstead · 3 mi
- Port Washington · 3 mi
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