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Always Ready Engine House

Always Ready Engine House from directly overhead

Always Ready Engine House is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Abbot Hill stands 280 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Spaulding Wetland, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 11 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Hollis Historical Society

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.73949, -71.59048
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
  • Old Pine Hill School House: 2.9 mi
  • Nashua Historical Society: 6.5 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 7.2 mi
  • The Cabinet Press Printing Museum: 7.3 mi
  • District 1 Schoolhouse: 7.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Brookline Ball Park: 3.7 mi
  • Nissitissit River Park: 3.7 mi
  • Andres Institute of Art Sculpture Park: 4.0 mi
  • Southwest Park: 4.1 mi
  • Max Cohen Memorial Grove (Town Beach): 4.1 mi
Artworks
  • Commitment: 3.8 mi
  • City Lights: 3.9 mi
  • Release: 3.9 mi
  • Compulsion of Artists: 3.9 mi
  • First Friendship: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 4.3 mi
  • Labyrinth: 6.6 mi
  • SkyVenture: 7.8 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 10.5 mi
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 41
Beaches: 31
  • Silver Lake Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 8.0 mi
  • Dog Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 14.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 17.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Always Ready Engine House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Abbot HillWNW 298°280 m8.7 mi
Mitchell HillWNW 296°266 m8.3 mi
Pole HillW 277°259 m7.4 mi
Birch HillNW 313°247 m3.4 mi
Boynton HillNW 305°247 m7.7 mi
Dram Cup HillNW 314°243 m9.1 mi
Badger HillWNW 297°238 m6.6 mi
Nobby HillW 264°235 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1415:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867737164514030
Precip in3.03.14.13.93.64.23.63.74.14.73.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua Cwsu, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/178153580

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