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Commonwealth Museum

Commonwealth Museum from directly overhead

Commonwealth Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, a museum 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.31402, -71.03445

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Kennedy Library Harborwalk: 0.1 mi
  • Quad: 0.2 mi
  • UMass Harborwalk: 0.3 mi
  • Old Harbor Park: 0.5 mi
  • Savin Hill Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Columbia Point Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Monadnock Street Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Nonquit Street Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Magnolia & Woodford Streets Garden: 1.9 mi
  • The Food Project Lot #2: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Savin Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Popes Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 2.3 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Commonwealth Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillSSW 192°156 m6.5 mi
Nahanton HillS 190°145 m6.3 mi
Kitchamakin HillS 191°133 m6.4 mi
Wampatuck HillS 185°103 m5.8 mi
Single Tree HillW 276°100 m6.1 mi
Fox HillS 188°95 m5.8 mi
Bellevue HillWSW 245°94 m6.2 mi
Mount WalleyW 266°91 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7747033143

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