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Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate from directly overhead

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Nahanton Hill stands 145 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

Currently the Ed Kennedy Institute is only open for group visits.

About

The story

educational institution and museum in Boston, Massachusetts

Wikidata Q5344269, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.31572, -71.03529

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: 0.3 mi
  • West Link Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Columbia Point Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Monadnock Street Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Nonquit Street Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Magnolia & Woodford Streets Garden: 1.8 mi
  • The Food Project Lot #2: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Savin Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Popes Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 2.3 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nahanton HillS 190°145 m6.4 mi
Wampatuck HillS 184°103 m6.0 mi
Single Tree HillW 275°100 m6.0 mi
Fox HillS 188°95 m5.9 mi
Bellevue HillWSW 244°94 m6.2 mi
Mount WalleyW 265°91 m5.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillS 182°90 m5.8 mi
Green HillW 260°89 m5.0 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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/626664730

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