American Heritage Museum
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American Heritage Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingland Lots A & B, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
The American Heritage Museum is a military history museum located on the grounds of the Collings Foundation in the town of Stow, Massachusetts, 21 miles (34 km) west of Boston. The collection consists of over 100 artifacts, most of which were formerly part of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation collection in Portola Valley, California. Over half of the items on display are from the World War II era, with World War I, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, and the war on terror also represented. Most of the items on display, including tanks and artifacts, are American, German, Russian, or British in origin.
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Dates from 2018.
Wikidata Q63055557, matched on coordinates and name (23 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Collins Foundation
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 22 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kingland Lots A & B: 0.4 mi
- Kingland Lots A & B: 0.5 mi
- Pine Point Lot: 0.7 mi
- Kane Land: 0.8 mi
- Kane Well: 0.9 mi
- Honeypot Hill: 0.5 mi
- Boons Hill: 0.6 mi
- Gospel Hill: 0.9 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.2 mi
- Lambert Hill: 1.2 mi
- Boon Monument: 0.5 mi
- Simpson Road Park: 2.2 mi
- Simpson Playground: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Beach Park: 2.2 mi
- Stow Memorial Athletic Field: 2.2 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 0.7 mi
- Petting Zoo: 0.8 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 0.9 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 3.0 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 3.6 mi
- Amadinda: 1.5 mi
- Chime Wall: 1.5 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 5.0 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 5.0 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 5.0 mi
- Old Foundation: 1.6 mi
- Stow War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Henry Gardner house site: 2.5 mi
- Old Well: 2.6 mi
- Bent Ice House: 2.7 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- ABRHS Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 6.1 mi
- West School Museum: 3.2 mi
- Redstone School: 3.5 mi
- Discovery Museum: 5.1 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 6.0 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Beach: 2.2 mi
- Centennial Beach: 2.2 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 4.3 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 12.9 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 4.9 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 12.4 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Cascades: 18.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 20.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.2 mi
- Trap Falls: 23.2 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 12.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 22.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 13.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 20.7 mi
- Haywardville: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of American Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | SE 142° | 183 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sligo Hill | SW 220° | 172 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSW 212° | 164 m | 4.9 mi |
| Powder House Hill | WNW 298° | 162 m | 5.5 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | SSW 208° | 161 m | 4.7 mi |
| West Hill | SW 226° | 160 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | SW 224° | 154 m | 5.4 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | SSE 165° | 153 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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