Beneski Museum of Natural History
Beneski Museum of Natural History is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mead Art Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.
The story
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. The museum is located in the Beneski Earth Sciences Building, completed in 2006. It is a member of Museums10.
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Dates from 1865.
Wikidata Q4887514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Amherst College
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 15.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 16.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 6 mi
- Waterfall · 16 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 17 mi
- Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Field: 0.3 mi
- North Common: 0.4 mi
- Community Field: 0.5 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 0.2 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 0.2 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 1.2 mi
- Old Chapel: 1.4 mi
- Salem Street Conservation Land: 0.6 mi
- Saul Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Gulliver Meadow Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Upper Fort River Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Norwottuck Rail Trail: 1.3 mi
- Mount Castor: 1.7 mi
- Grey Rocks: 2.8 mi
- Mount Pollux: 3.0 mi
- Mount Warner: 3.0 mi
- Flat Hills: 3.1 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 0.3 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 0.5 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.3 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 1.3 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 0.5 mi
- Timber Frame: 11.0 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 12.5 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 12.9 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 13.7 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 0.3 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 1.2 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 1.3 mi
- Robert Frost: 0.2 mi
- Quinnipiac: 1.2 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 1.3 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 1.4 mi
- Metawampe: 1.4 mi
- Titans Piazza: 7.0 mi
- Roaring Falls: 8.2 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 10.9 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 13.8 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 13.8 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 3.0 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 3.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.1 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 6.7 mi
- David Musante Beach: 10.0 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 15.1 mi
- Hobo Falls: 20.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.7 mi
- Glendale Falls: 23.1 mi
- Doane's Falls: 24.8 mi
- Rd: 14.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.3 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Beneski Museum of Natural History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Toby | N 352° | 386 m | 8.1 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 18° | 380 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | E 97° | 375 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | E 79° | 371 m | 5.7 mi |
| Morse Hill | NNE 23° | 366 m | 9.1 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 355° | 356 m | 7.8 mi |
| East Hill | ESE 112° | 338 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | S 178° | 337 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6004147489
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 1 mi
- Hadley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 7 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 7 mi
- South Hadley · 8 mi
- Deerfield · 13 mi
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