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Cobb House Museum

Cobb House Museum from directly overhead

Cobb House Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Dates from 1799.

Wikidata Q131980423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76169, -70.08760

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Drummer Boy Park: 1.8 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 2.5 mi
  • Cape Cod Sea Camps: 2.5 mi
  • Town of Brewster vacant structure: 2.5 mi
  • Belmont Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 60
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 38
Artworks: 27
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 14
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 3.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.0 mi
  • rest area: 6.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnick Area: 3.4 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cobb House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillE 95°165 m2.7 mi
Pine HillW 262°93 m24.9 mi
Telegraph HillW 265°85 m20.6 mi
Flatrock HillW 269°82 m23.2 mi
Avery HillW 265°80 m24.3 mi
Discovery HillW 263°77 m19.8 mi
Discovery HillW 270°61 m24.2 mi
Mountain HillWNW 283°61 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0515:2916:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/212197946

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