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Dorothy Quincy Homestead

Dorothy Quincy Homestead from directly overhead

Dorothy Quincy Homestead is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Furnace Brook Parkway, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.1 miles off.

The story

historic house in Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q5298602, matched on coordinates and name (29 m apart).

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
donation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25800, -71.00769

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Constitution Common: 0.2 mi
  • John Adams: 0.5 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 0.5 mi
  • John Hancock: 0.6 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • Freedom Park: 0.2 mi
  • Heritage Tree Park: 0.3 mi
  • Merrymount Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hancock Adams Common: 0.5 mi
  • Maypole Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Norton Road Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Back Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Wollaston Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Shea Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Heron Beach: 1.5 mi
Gardens
  • Braintree Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 39
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Dorothy Quincy Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWSW 240°193 m6.3 mi
Chickatawbut HillSW 228°156 m3.7 mi
Hancock HillWSW 238°155 m5.3 mi
Fenno PeakSW 227°151 m3.7 mi
Buck HillSW 229°151 m4.6 mi
Nahanton HillSW 227°145 m3.4 mi
Hemenway HillWSW 240°140 m5.5 mi
Kitchamakin HillSW 226°133 m3.5 mi

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 solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29836958

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