Armenian Museum of America
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Armenian Museum of America is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Delta Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
The Armenian Museum of America (AMA), located in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States, is an institution that has the largest collection of Armenian artifacts in North America.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1971.
Wikidata Q4793194, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Armenian Museum of America
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 27.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Columbus Delta Monument: 0.1 mi
- Watertown Founders Monument: 0.3 mi
- World War I Honor Roll: 1.7 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- The Delta: 0.1 mi
- Saltonstall Park: 0.2 mi
- Watertown Linear Park: 0.3 mi
- James P. Casey Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Watertown Linear Park: 0.4 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 0.3 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 0.7 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 0.9 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 1.5 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 2.2 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 0.4 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.0 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 1.3 mi
- Forest Street Park: 2.5 mi
- Wilson Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Whitney Hill: 0.4 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Ida: 1.0 mi
- Owl Hill: 1.8 mi
- Waban Hill: 2.0 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 1.8 mi
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Wallach Garden: 3.3 mi
- Turtle: 1.9 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 2.0 mi
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 2.4 mi
- Evo: 2.4 mi
- Allumination: 2.7 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.1 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.2 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 2.6 mi
- Harvard Square: 3.5 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 3.7 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.4 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 8.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 8.9 mi
- Lunch Wall: 2.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 2.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 2.8 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 3.7 mi
- Valley Shelter: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 3.8 mi
- Boathouse: 15.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.3 mi
- Rainshed: 15.3 mi
- Boston Light: 15.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Haywardville: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Armenian Museum of America. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 294° | 135 m | 3.8 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 290° | 133 m | 3.7 mi |
| Whipple Hill | N 1° | 110 m | 5.2 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNW 333° | 109 m | 5.6 mi |
| Doublet Hill | WSW 255° | 108 m | 4.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 8° | 107 m | 4.6 mi |
| Fullers Hill | NW 318° | 105 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 11° | 105 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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