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Chatham Marconi Maritime Center

Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, a museum in Massachusetts
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, a museum in MassachusettsJerry Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, a museum in Massachusetts
Jerry Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, a museum in Massachusetts
Jerry Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, a museum in Massachusetts
Jerry Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0

Chatham Marconi Maritime Center is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is George Ryder Road South / Ryder Cove, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.2 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Chatham Marconi Maritime Center is a maritime communication history and STEM education center. Chatham Marconi includes the Marconi/RCA-Wireless Museum featuring interactive exhibits, an Education Center offering workshops for children and families, and an Antenna Trail nature walk.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q14715438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.70375, -69.98019
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans' Park: 1.6 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 1.7 mi
  • Kate Gould Park: 2.0 mi
  • Lighthouse Park: 2.7 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 4.5 mi
Beaches
  • Fisherman's Landing: 1.7 mi
  • Strong Island Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Hardings Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Forest Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Red River Beach: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Cannon Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Watch Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Nauset Beach Dunes: 2.7 mi
  • Grassy Nook: 4.1 mi
  • Deer Park Hill: 4.7 mi
Museums: 28
Historic sites: 28
Attractions: 13
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 3.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 8.1 mi
  • rest area: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Picnick Area: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chatham Marconi Maritime Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNW 323°165 m4.7 mi
Signal HillWNW 281°60 m10.7 mi
Clay HillW 266°58 m19.5 mi
Black Ball HillW 280°45 m11.0 mi
Mill HillNNW 348°41 m5.1 mi
The HighlandsN 350°41 m23.6 mi
Green HillN 352°38 m21.8 mi
Scorton HillW 273°35 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1518:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0415:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4209178113

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