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Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House

Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House from directly overhead

Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 43 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Milton Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

About

The story

historic house in Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1833.

Wikidata Q5036782, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
43 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.26458, -71.06508

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Milton Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Academy Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Little Dome: 1.9 mi
  • Wellington Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Popes Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Mary C. Lane Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Turners Pond: 0.7 mi
  • Dorchester Park: 0.8 mi
  • Shields Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ryan Playground: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Flower Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • Wildebeest: 2.9 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 2.9 mi
  • Goat: 3.0 mi
  • African Lion: 3.0 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 3.1 mi
Artworks
  • Constitution Common: 3.0 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 3.0 mi
  • John Adams: 3.3 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 3.3 mi
  • John Hancock: 3.3 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSW 215°193 m4.4 mi
Chickatawbut HillS 176°156 m2.9 mi
Hancock HillSSW 206°155 m3.6 mi
Fenno PeakS 175°151 m3.0 mi
Buck HillS 188°151 m3.5 mi
Nahanton HillS 171°145 m2.8 mi
Hemenway HillSSW 209°140 m3.7 mi
Kitchamakin HillS 172°133 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781099

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