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Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a museum in Massachusetts
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Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the east-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Graffiti Wall, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10 and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10 and is located within the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Carle was founded in 2002 by Eric and Barbara Carle, and designed by Juster Pope Frazier Architects.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2002.

Wikidata Q5386237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.32109, -72.53288

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 0.5 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Old Chapel: 4.7 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • South Amherst Common: 2.0 mi
  • Groff Park: 2.7 mi
  • Pratt Field: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 3.4 mi
Museums: 57
Attractions: 52
Gardens: 40
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 11
  • Sandy Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 6.7 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Bear's Den Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Waterfall: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 10.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnENE 62°375 m6.3 mi
Pine HillNE 55°371 m8.0 mi
Mount TomSW 227°363 m8.0 mi
East HillE 82°338 m7.2 mi
Mount NorwottockSE 134°337 m1.6 mi
DeadtopSW 231°333 m7.4 mi
Juckett HillE 89°327 m7.9 mi
West HillENE 76°324 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/893989994

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