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Dwight-Derby House Museum

Dwight-Derby House Museum from directly overhead

Dwight-Derby House Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Meeting House Pond, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

About

The story

historic house in Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q5318096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.18743, -71.30784

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Meeting House Pond: 0.0 mi
  • Baxter Park: 0.1 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 1.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Medfield Historical Society Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center: 0.5 mi
  • Peak House Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 0.9 mi
  • Niagara Hall: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • 2: 1.7 mi
  • 1: 1.7 mi
  • 14: 1.9 mi
  • 13: 1.9 mi
  • 15: 1.9 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 4.5 mi
  • South Beach: 4.7 mi
  • North Beach: 5.0 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 46
  • The Wall: 9.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 10.0 mi
  • Condo Rock: 10.0 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 10.1 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 11.4 mi
  • 36: 12.9 mi
  • 35: 12.9 mi
  • 16-34: 12.9 mi
  • 1: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Dwight-Derby House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillSE 132°163 m6.5 mi
Bluff HillSE 138°138 m7.0 mi
Snow HillNNE 21°137 m2.7 mi
Cedar HillNE 41°134 m2.5 mi
Bald HillWNW 285°132 m7.1 mi
Pegan HillN 2°125 m4.4 mi
Brush HillNW 319°121 m5.9 mi
Pigeon HillSSW 213°117 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1710034306

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