Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center is a museum in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 72 m. Jolly Mountain stands 615 m to the west-southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pliny Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Molly Stark Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center (BMAC), a non-collecting museum, was founded in 1972 and is located in the former Central Vermont & Boston & Maine Union Station building in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. New exhibits by regional and international artists are shown each season. The aim of BMAC is to present art and ideas in ways that inspire, educate, and engage people of all ages. Some of BMAC's notable exhibiting artists have included Jennifer Bartlett, Chuck Close, Janet Fish, Emily Mason, Wolf Kahn, Chris Van Allsburg and Andy Warhol. The BMAC's space also serves as community center.
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Dates from 1972.
Wikidata Q4958121, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 72 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- On the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- stone post view · 1 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 4 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 5 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pliny Park: 0.2 mi
- Lynch Park: 0.4 mi
- Brattleboro Common: 0.5 mi
- Crowell Playground: 0.5 mi
- Whetsone Park: 1.2 mi
- Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Madame Sherri Forest: 1.9 mi
- Fort Dummer State Park: 2.2 mi
- Whetstone Woods: 2.3 mi
- Bear Mountain State Forest: 3.3 mi
- Wantastiquet Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Daniels Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.2 mi
- Sargent Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Antique Carriage and Sleigh Museum: 4.3 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 12.4 mi
- Cheshire Children's Museum: 14.9 mi
- Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery: 14.9 mi
- Colony House Museum: 15.0 mi
- Hinsdale Raceway: 3.1 mi
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 9.9 mi
- Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 10.2 mi
- Oya Hill: 14.8 mi
- Gravity Foundation Monument: 14.9 mi
- Mine Ledge: 1.1 mi
- Table Rock: 14.1 mi
- Mine Ledge: 14.9 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 17.9 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 15.2 mi
- Wolves Den: 17.6 mi
- rock overhang: 17.6 mi
- rock scramble: 17.7 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 17.8 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 3.7 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 11.5 mi
- Hobo Falls: 14.1 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 16.4 mi
- Royalston Falls: 18.3 mi
- Reaching: 14.9 mi
- Aurora: 15.0 mi
- Trinity Bicycle Shop: 15.0 mi
- Baseball: 15.0 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 15.1 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 13.2 mi
- The Ledges: 16.2 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 16.7 mi
- Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 22.1 mi
- Corona Beach: 23.1 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 1.5 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 7.6 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Hall Bridge: 20.1 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Wright Grove: 16.2 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Falcon Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jolly Mountain | WSW 239° | 615 m | 9.9 mi |
| Lyman Hill | W 274° | 607 m | 8.8 mi |
| Central Mountain | W 279° | 607 m | 9.6 mi |
| Chase Hill | WSW 257° | 567 m | 7.9 mi |
| Dummerston Hill | WNW 302° | 500 m | 6.7 mi |
| Governors Mountain | WSW 253° | 497 m | 5.9 mi |
| French Hill | SW 228° | 473 m | 8.8 mi |
| Ginseng Hill | W 264° | 459 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/320467873
Day trips start here
- Brattleboro · 0 mi
- Swanzey · 14 mi
- Wilmington · 16 mi
- Gill · 18 mi
- Greenfield · 18 mi
- Charlemont · 19 mi
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