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Addison Gallery of American Art

Addison Gallery of American Art is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the east-southeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Garth, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

The Addison Gallery of American Art is an academic museum dedicated to collecting American art, organized as a department of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1931.

Wikidata Q4681251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
May 17, 1931

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64864, -71.13311

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Armillary Sphere: 0.1 mi
  • Bicentennial Statue: 0.2 mi
  • muster: 5.7 mi
  • Pieta: 5.9 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 6.9 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Max L. Kates Memorial Field: 0.2 mi
  • Cormier Youth Center Park: 0.4 mi
  • Andover Common: 0.5 mi
  • Indian Ridge Park: 1.0 mi
  • Pomp's Pond Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Carmel Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Holt Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Claypit Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Mills Hill: 2.0 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Andover Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wildflower Meadows: 5.5 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 7.6 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 32
  • Wildcat Ledge: 5.9 mi
  • Skull Cliff: 11.7 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 13.1 mi
  • The Cellar: 13.2 mi
  • Always Sunny Wall: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Rest areas: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Wamesit Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 23.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Addison Gallery of American Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillESE 111°128 m1.5 mi
Mills HillNE 38°121 m2.0 mi
Boston HillE 95°117 m2.0 mi
Town Farm HillNE 50°117 m3.3 mi
Claypit HillENE 61°116 m1.9 mi
Wood HillW 275°112 m4.4 mi
Baldpate HillNE 56°107 m7.3 mi
Ames HillWSW 258°106 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937495968747365534333
Precip in4.23.84.74.13.84.13.73.73.94.73.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29209344

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