Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain
Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is West Chester Street, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 29 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q49471781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 19 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
134 named places within 25 miles
- West Chester Street: 0.2 mi
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation: 0.4 mi
- Grove Lane: 0.4 mi
- Head Of Hummock Pond: 0.5 mi
- Water Department Land: 0.6 mi
- Washing Pond Beach: 1.0 mi
- Cliff Beach: 1.0 mi
- Steps Beach: 1.1 mi
- Jetties Beach: 1.4 mi
- Childrens Beach: 1.5 mi
- Old Gaol: 1.0 mi
- Oldest House: 1.0 mi
- Greater Light: 1.1 mi
- Historic Mitchell House: 1.1 mi
- Fire Hose Cart House: 1.1 mi
- Lily Pond Park: 0.5 mi
- Coffin Park: 1.0 mi
- Lilly Pond: 1.1 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dead Horse Valley: 1.3 mi
- Popsquatchet Hills: 0.8 mi
- Swain Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.0 mi
- Trots Hills: 1.3 mi
- Long Hill: 1.7 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 1.1 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 8.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 8.3 mi
- cannon: 21.2 mi
- ship's anchor: 21.4 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 0.9 mi
- Squam Head: 7.5 mi
- Sankaty Head: 8.3 mi
- Wasque Point: 17.6 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 1.0 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 1.2 mi
- First Congregational Church Bell Tower Climb: 1.2 mi
- Big Bridge: 23.8 mi
- Brant Point Light: 1.8 mi
- Whale Tail: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | E 92° | 33 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 289° | 28 m | 19.7 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | E 90° | 26 m | 4.1 mi |
| Sauls Hills | E 93° | 23 m | 6.1 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | ESE 121° | 22 m | 0.8 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 288° | 22 m | 18.9 mi |
| Macys Hill | E 92° | 19 m | 5.2 mi |
| Fudge Hill | E 87° | 18 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:31 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/358279572
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