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Danforth Art Museum\School

Danforth Art Museum\School from directly overhead

Danforth Art Museum\School is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Concord Square Historic District, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

art museum in Framingham, Massaschusetts

Dates from 1975.

Wikidata Q16954084, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.28145, -71.41809

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Concord Square Historic District: 0.2 mi
  • Learned Park: 0.4 mi
  • Irving Square Historic District: 0.4 mi
  • Gallagher Park: 0.4 mi
  • Arlington Street Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 1.3 mi
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 1.9 mi
  • War veterans memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 3.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 2.3 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 5.1 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 5.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 5.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 6.2 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Learned Pond Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Hopkinton Main Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 37
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 4.7 mi
  • The Wall: 8.6 mi
  • Condo Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 12.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 12.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Danforth Art Museum\School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNNW 340°183 m4.7 mi
Gibbs MountainNW 317°153 m4.8 mi
Doeskin HillNNW 336°152 m4.9 mi
Fairview HillW 273°140 m6.3 mi
Juniper HillNNW 334°136 m4.3 mi
Wildcat HillW 265°132 m3.5 mi
Bald HillSSW 195°132 m4.8 mi
Clear HillWNW 293°132 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781107

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