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Carpenter Museum

Carpenter Museum, a museum in Massachusetts
Carpenter Museum, a museum in MassachusettsRehoboth Antiquarian Society/Carpenter Museum · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carpenter Museum, a museum in Massachusetts
Rehoboth Antiquarian Society/Carpenter Museum · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carpenter Museum, a museum in Massachusetts
Rehoboth Antiquarian Society/Carpenter Museum · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Carpenter Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Jenckes Hill stands 129 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fowlers Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

About

The story

The Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, Massachusetts is the town's museum of local history, originating during the American Bicentennial year as a facility to house the collection of the Rehoboth Antiquarian Society which was incorporated in 1884.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1976.

Wikidata Q15961645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.84013, -71.25196

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rehoboth Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Bridgham Farm Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
  • Poncin Hewitt Fields: 5.0 mi
  • Slater Park: 5.2 mi
  • George Patrick Duffy Athletic Complex: 5.5 mi
Museums
  • Hunt House Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Martin House and Farm: 5.2 mi
  • Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 6.1 mi
  • Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Attleboro Arts Museum: 7.4 mi
Attractions
  • Hunts Mill Pump House: 4.9 mi
  • Hunt House Root Cellar: 4.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.5 mi
  • Deborah's Garden: 5.7 mi
  • The Glen: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Giant Troll Mrs Skipper: 7.3 mi
  • The Hummingbird Palace: 7.3 mi
  • "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 7.3 mi
  • "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 7.4 mi
  • Cuddy Court Creatures: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 47
Gardens: 25
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 10.6 mi
  • 4: 11.4 mi
  • 6: 11.4 mi
  • 7: 11.4 mi
  • 8: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 5.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 4
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Carpenter Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jenckes HillWNW 292°129 m11.6 mi
Hunting HillNW 313°126 m11.5 mi
Sunrise HillNNW 344°118.87 m11.5 mi
Whipple HillWNW 284°116 m12.8 mi
Molasses HillWNW 302°96 m11.3 mi
Stump HillWNW 290°93 m9.4 mi
Thompson HillNW 318°93 m11.6 mi
The summitW 260°90 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2118:57
June solstice05:1119:4220:24
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273036475867737164524233
Precip in4.23.65.14.43.34.53.23.64.24.84.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/215796861

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