Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it.
The story
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is a small museum in Brewster, Massachusetts, focusing on natural history and archeology. It consists of a main building with exhibits on local natural history and archeology, including an outdoor butterfly house and 400 acres (160 ha) of museum- and town-owned conservation land with walking trails.
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Wikidata Q28407642, matched on coordinates and name (24 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History: 0.0 mi
- Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History: 0.2 mi
- Windmill Meadows: 0.3 mi
- Linclau - West: 0.3 mi
- Wing Island: 0.3 mi
- Drummer Boy Park: 0.3 mi
- Belmont Park: 3.1 mi
- Former Camp Wono: 3.3 mi
- Scargo Park: 3.3 mi
- Cape Cod Sea Camps: 4.1 mi
- Paine's Creek Beach: 0.5 mi
- Robbins Hill Beach: 0.6 mi
- Robbins Hill Beach: 0.7 mi
- Crowe's Pasture: 1.0 mi
- Robbins Hill Beach: 1.4 mi
- Hokum Rock: 3.5 mi
- Scargo Hill: 3.5 mi
- Signal Hill: 3.7 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 4.2 mi
- Black Ball Hill: 4.2 mi
- Eagle Point: 1.6 mi
- Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 6.4 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 6.4 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 7.4 mi
- Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum: 0.7 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Art: 4.2 mi
- Josiah Dennis Manse Museum: 4.4 mi
- Brooks Academy Museum: 5.1 mi
- The Catch: 6.9 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 10.4 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 10.4 mi
- Chime: 10.8 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 10.9 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 0.3 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 5.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 6.4 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 7.3 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 7.8 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 10.8 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 12.7 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 18.2 mi
- McInnes Garden: 20.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 20.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 4.5 mi
- rest area: 5.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.2 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 10.3 mi
- Oil House: 10.3 mi
- Chatham Light: 10.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.1 mi
- Nauset Light: 11.1 mi
- Salten Point: 10.3 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 10.5 mi
- Indian Neck: 11.8 mi
- Fullers Point: 14.1 mi
- bluff: 20.8 mi
- Picnick Area: 4.9 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 23.0 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 24.4 mi
- Long Point: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | E 86° | 165 m | 4.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 262° | 93 m | 23.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 266° | 85 m | 19.1 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | W 270° | 82 m | 21.8 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 266° | 80 m | 22.8 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 264° | 77 m | 18.3 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 272° | 61 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mountain Hill | WNW 285° | 61 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:29 | 16:13 |
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 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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