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West Point Museum

West Point Museum from directly overhead

West Point Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the west-northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Army

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37259, -73.96181

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roe Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kosciuszko’s Garden: 1.4 mi
  • South Dock Park: 1.4 mi
  • Trophy Point: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Open Space Conservancy: 0.7 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 0.7 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 1.5 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 1.8 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Cliffs: 57
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.7 mi
  • Hell Hole: 3.7 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 11.9 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 13.6 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 49
  • Boscobel Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Garden: 17.3 mi
Museums: 38
Attractions: 35
Beaches: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • LG waterfall: 20.8 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Princess circle picnic site: 15.6 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 17.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 21.2 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of West Point Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spy RockWNW 292°441 m3.3 mi
Bull HillN 4°433 m4.5 mi
Crows NestNNW 336°429 m2.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 304°429 m2.8 mi
Black RockNW 308°424 m4.0 mi
Mount RascalW 275°424 m4.7 mi
Bull HillWSW 255°423 m5.9 mi
Butter HillNNW 332°420 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5220:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6948513551

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