Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Landry Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation is a museum of the American Industrial Revolution located on the Charles River Bike Path, near the intersection of the Charles River and Moody Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. It houses and displays machinery and artifacts of the industrial revolution from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The building was originally built as part of the Boston Manufacturing Company, Francis Cabot Lowell's seminal, fully integrated textile mill. The museum, which was incorporated in 1980 and opened to the public in 1988, takes up only a small portion of the previous mill building complex.
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Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q5082077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Landry Park: 0.1 mi
- Chemistry Station Park: 0.3 mi
- Peter Gilmore Playground: 0.4 mi
- McDonald Playground: 0.4 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Circle of Remembrance: 0.2 mi
- Civil War Soldier's Monument: 0.2 mi
- General Nathaniel P. Banks: 0.2 mi
- The Hiker: 0.2 mi
- Shriberg Lectern: 0.2 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 0.2 mi
- Waltham Museum: 0.3 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 1.8 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 2.3 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 0.7 mi
- Tree: 1.3 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 1.5 mi
- Light Of Reason: 1.5 mi
- Caterpillar: 3.3 mi
- Mount Feake: 0.9 mi
- Moffatt Hill: 0.9 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cedar Hill: 1.3 mi
- Little Prospect: 1.4 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 1.2 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 3.2 mi
- Bob's Island: 3.3 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 4.4 mi
- Idylwilde Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Auburndale Yard Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Kerry Court Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Forest Street Park: 1.6 mi
- Sanderson Heights: 1.7 mi
- Fredric Dumaine Ctr: 2.2 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 3.5 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 3.6 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 3.8 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 4.2 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 4.9 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.7 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 6.8 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 7.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 9.5 mi
- North Beach: 9.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 3.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.3 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.4 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 1.4 mi
- Boathouse: 17.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.8 mi
- Rainshed: 17.8 mi
- Boston Light: 17.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 14.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 16.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.8 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 8.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Haywardville: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NW 317° | 135 m | 1.5 mi |
| Little Prospect | NW 307° | 133 m | 1.4 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNE 28° | 110 m | 5.4 mi |
| Loring Hill | N 358° | 109 m | 4.6 mi |
| Doublet Hill | SW 231° | 108 m | 2.7 mi |
| Granny Hill | N 7° | 108 m | 5.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 37° | 107 m | 5.1 mi |
| Fullers Hill | NNW 343° | 105 m | 3.5 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 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| 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 | 28 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367781085
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