Boston Children's Museum
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Boston Children's Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Family Waterfront, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Boston Children's Museum is a children's museum in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the education of children. Located on Children's Wharf along the Fort Point Channel, Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest children's museum in the United States. It contains many activities meant to both amuse and educate young children.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1913.
Wikidata Q901463, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 26 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith Family Waterfront: 0.0 mi
- Sea Green: 0.2 mi
- Fan Pier Park: 0.2 mi
- Rose Kennedy Greenway: 0.2 mi
- Seaport Common: 0.2 mi
- Hood Milk Bottle: 0.0 mi
- The Eleanor: 0.1 mi
- The Beaver: 0.1 mi
- Boston Wharf Co. Sign: 0.1 mi
- New England Aquarium Whale Watching: 0.5 mi
- Boston Tea Party - Ships and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Boston Fire Museum: 0.1 mi
- The Institute of Contemporary Art: 0.3 mi
- Alexander Graham Bell Room Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Illusions Boston: 0.6 mi
- Graphic Arts Building: 0.2 mi
- Evelyn F. Moakley Bridge Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Washington Monument: 0.3 mi
- John F. Fitzgerald Expressway Plaque: 0.4 mi
- 100 Franklin Street: 0.5 mi
- Red Line Ball: 0.3 mi
- Ab Initio: 0.4 mi
- Untitled Landscape: 0.4 mi
- Boston Bricks of Winthrop Lane: 0.5 mi
- "The Creature Pond" Sculpture: 0.5 mi
- Rose Kennedy Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- Golden Age Center: 0.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.9 mi
- Saint Leonard's Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Saint Leonard's Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 0.9 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.0 mi
- Copps Hill: 1.1 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.2 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.3 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 1.9 mi
- Corinha Beach: 3.7 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 3.9 mi
- Tenean Beach: 4.1 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 4.2 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 2.6 mi
- 140 Highland St: 2.9 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 3.0 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 3.2 mi
- Pererea Point: 3.4 mi
- Winthrop Head: 4.3 mi
- Moon Head: 4.5 mi
- West Head: 4.7 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Pine Knoll: 3.8 mi
- Oak Lea: 3.9 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 3.9 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 5.9 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Boathouse: 8.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 8.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 8.3 mi
- Rainshed: 8.3 mi
- Boston Light: 8.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 1.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.2 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 9.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.8 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.9 mi
- Haywardville: 8.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Boston Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WSW 249° | 100 m | 5.6 mi |
| Waban Hill | W 262° | 98 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Walley | SW 236° | 91 m | 5.4 mi |
| Green Hill | SW 231° | 89 m | 5.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WSW 256° | 86 m | 5.9 mi |
| Boojum Rock | NNW 344° | 83 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fisher Hill | WSW 252° | 81 m | 4.8 mi |
| Corey Hill | W 261° | 80 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29660099
Day trips start here
- Boston · 1 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 1 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 1 mi
- Boston/North End · 1 mi
- Boston/South Boston · 1 mi
- Boston/South End · 1 mi
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