Zimmerli Art Museum
Zimmerli Art Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Walking Man, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (known popularly as the Zimmerli Art Museum) is located on the Voorhees Mall of the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The museum houses more than 60,000 works, including Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art from the acclaimed Dodge Collection, American art from the eighteenth century to the present, and six centuries of European art with a particular focus on nineteenth-century French art. The museum also is noted for its holdings of works on paper, including prints, drawings, photographs, original illustrations for children's books, and rare books.
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Dates from 1966.
Wikidata Q3458883, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rutgers University
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 26 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 28 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 28 mi
- South Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walking Man: 0.0 mi
- In Side Out: 0.1 mi
- William the Silent: 0.1 mi
- The Tuning Fork Oracle: 0.5 mi
- Chair for Looking at Manhattan Island: 1.0 mi
- Voorhees Mall: 0.1 mi
- Rodkin Courtyard: 0.2 mi
- Kilmer Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Johnson Park: 0.3 mi
- Deiner Park: 0.4 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Mason Gross Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Gray Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Saint Peter the Apostle R.C. Church: 0.2 mi
- Rutgers Geology Museum: 0.1 mi
- Joyce Kilmer House: 0.6 mi
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Abraham Staats House: 5.3 mi
- Sayreville Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 0.8 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 1.5 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 2.1 mi
- North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 4.7 mi
- South River Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Tices Lane Park: 3.8 mi
- Country Lane Park: 4.3 mi
- Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Six Mile Run Reservoir Site: 4.6 mi
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.5 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Long Hill: 13.7 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 1.9 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 3.3 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 5.0 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 5.2 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 5.4 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 10.2 mi
- Paul's Beach: 10.3 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 10.9 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 11.0 mi
- Krogh Beach: 11.5 mi
- Grove 1: 1.1 mi
- Grove 2: 1.2 mi
- Open Grove: 1.3 mi
- Grove 3A: 1.4 mi
- Grove 3B: 1.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 10.4 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 12.6 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.3 mi
- Seele: 11.8 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 19.2 mi
- Hobble Falls: 19.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 22.6 mi
- Raritan Landing: 1.2 mi
- Barber: 10.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 12.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
- Hawk Hill: 18.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zimmerli Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 344° | 341 m | 24.5 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 342° | 334 m | 23.5 mi |
| Fox Hill | NW 311° | 314 m | 24.8 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | N 354° | 295.7 m | 24.2 mi |
| Seward Hill | NNW 329° | 289 m | 23.2 mi |
| Hell Mountain | NW 305° | 288 m | 22.9 mi |
| Union Hill | N 351° | 277 m | 24.9 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | N 349° | 274 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/251382381
Day trips start here
- Highland Park · 1 mi
- New Brunswick · 1 mi
- Piscataway · 2 mi
- Somerset · 2 mi
- North Brunswick · 4 mi
- East Brunswick · 5 mi
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