Boston & Maine Railroad Freight House
Boston & Maine Railroad Freight House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Budd Rail Diesel Car, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
railway station in Bedford, the United States of America
Dates from 1874.
Wikidata Q4879136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1877
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 25.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 14 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 29 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Budd Rail Diesel Car: 0.0 mi
- Job Lane Farm Museum: 1.9 mi
- Hancock-Clarke House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Orchard House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Bronson Alcott School of Philosophy: 3.5 mi
- Engelhardt Conservation Area: 0.1 mi
- Moore-Miller Con Restriction: 0.2 mi
- Hartwell Town Forest: 0.4 mi
- Anthony Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Elm Brook: 0.4 mi
- The Kindness Rocks Project: 0.2 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 0.4 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 0.6 mi
- Korea 1950-1955: 0.3 mi
- WWII 1942-1946: 0.3 mi
- Vietnam 1961-1975: 0.3 mi
- WWI 1917-1918: 0.3 mi
- Beirut, Grenada, Panama, Persion Gulf: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Willson Park: 0.7 mi
- Eliot Park: 1.0 mi
- Marvin Street Play Area: 1.3 mi
- Flightline Park: 1.5 mi
- The Patriot: 0.3 mi
- Rembering Center School: 0.5 mi
- Dance Rhythm: 0.5 mi
- Buddha Statue: 1.1 mi
- Peace, Love, Music: 3.5 mi
- Hartwells Hill: 0.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.1 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.8 mi
- Davis Hill: 2.2 mi
- RR Semaphore: 1.0 mi
- Whistle Post: 1.4 mi
- Thoreau Farm - Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau: 2.1 mi
- Bloody Angle: 2.4 mi
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Winthrop: 2.5 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 7.2 mi
- Baby Beach: 7.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 11.7 mi
- Freeman Lake Beach: 11.8 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 12.3 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Crag 1: 10.6 mi
- Lunch Wall: 11.8 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 6.7 mi
- Valley Shelter: 6.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 13.6 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.8 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 23.3 mi
- Boathouse: 22.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.5 mi
- Rainshed: 22.6 mi
- Boston Light: 22.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 9.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 9.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 22.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.2 mi
- Haywardville: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Boston & Maine Railroad Freight House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | ESE 122° | 110 m | 5.6 mi |
| Annursnac Hill | W 265° | 110 m | 6.0 mi |
| Loring Hill | SSE 147° | 109 m | 3.9 mi |
| Granny Hill | SE 129° | 108 m | 3.7 mi |
| Zion Hill | ESE 113° | 107 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 218° | 106 m | 4.3 mi |
| Fullers Hill | SSE 165° | 105 m | 4.6 mi |
| Hemlock Hill | NNW 332° | 105 m | 4.7 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 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/211981048
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