Davis Museum and Cultural Center
Davis Museum and Cultural Center is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south-southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Munger Meadow, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
The Davis Museum is an art museum located on the Wellesley College campus in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The college art collection was first displayed in the Farnsworth Art Building, founded in 1889. The museum in its present form opened in 1993 in a building designed by Rafael Moneo. The permanent collection of about 11,000 objects ranges from antiquity to the present day. The artists represented in the collection include:
A large, recently restored mosaic from Antioch, excavated in a joint expedition with the Worcester Art Museum, is also present.
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Wikidata Q15694044, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 45 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 29.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Munger Meadow: 0.1 mi
- Severance Green: 0.1 mi
- Alumnae Valley: 0.1 mi
- Alexandra Botanical Garden: 0.2 mi
- H.H. Hunnewell Arboretum: 0.3 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 0.2 mi
- Fairy Rock: 1.3 mi
- Elephant Rock: 1.5 mi
- Foundation & Chimney: 3.3 mi
- Martini Junction: 3.3 mi
- Morses Pond Land: 0.5 mi
- Pine Point: 0.8 mi
- Pickle Point: 0.9 mi
- Cold Spring Brook Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Overbrook Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.1 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 5.1 mi
- Powissett Beach: 5.2 mi
- North Beach: 5.4 mi
- Train Hill: 1.1 mi
- Broad Hill: 1.4 mi
- Carver Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 1.7 mi
- Rocky Ledge: 1.7 mi
- Rhododendron Garden: 1.2 mi
- Teaching Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
- Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 1.2 mi
- Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.3 mi
- Shade Garden: 1.3 mi
- Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower: 2.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site B-63: 2.3 mi
- LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 2.6 mi
- Ordway Brothers Square: 2.6 mi
- Thomas McGuiness Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Babson Globe: 2.2 mi
- Our Lady of Loretto Grotto: 3.8 mi
- Own Your Peace Sculpture: 3.9 mi
- Caterpillar: 4.4 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 5.4 mi
- Needham History Center & Museum: 2.8 mi
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History: 3.8 mi
- Golden Ball Tavern Museum: 5.0 mi
- Knight Hall: 5.3 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 5.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 6.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 7.0 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 7.1 mi
- The Alcove: 7.1 mi
- Upper Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 6.8 mi
- Boathouse: 21.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 21.4 mi
- Boston Light: 21.4 mi
- Rainshed: 21.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 12.8 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 14.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 15.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 23.2 mi
- Haywardville: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Davis Museum and Cultural Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill | SSE 169° | 137 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cedar Hill | SSE 164° | 134 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pegan Hill | S 177° | 125 m | 3.0 mi |
| Reeves Hill | NNW 328° | 122 m | 4.2 mi |
| Brush Hill | SW 234° | 121 m | 4.9 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | SSE 146° | 114 m | 4.8 mi |
| Powissett Peak | SSE 149° | 112 m | 5.2 mi |
| Oak Hill | S 170° | 111 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:31 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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