Fairbanks House
Fairbanks House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnes Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
Circa 1637 Historic House Museum
The story
historic house in Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q5430017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairbanks Family In America, Inc.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 14 mi
- Lookout Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barnes Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Gonzalez Field: 0.3 mi
- Endicott Estate: 0.4 mi
- Dedham Town Green: 0.5 mi
- Churchill Park: 0.5 mi
- Wigwam Pond Conservation Land: 0.3 mi
- Town Conservation Land: 0.6 mi
- Charles River Reservation: 0.8 mi
- Mother Brook Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Mother Brook Reservation: 1.0 mi
- Oakdale war memorial: 0.7 mi
- The Castle: 1.5 mi
- Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell: 2.1 mi
- Paul C. "Puzzy" Carter Marine PFC Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Bishop Riley: 2.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.9 mi
- Wilson Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bearberry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Everett Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Ararat: 2.4 mi
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum: 3.0 mi
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 3.6 mi
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum: 4.9 mi
- Needham History Center & Museum: 5.2 mi
- Loring-Greenough House: 5.3 mi
- Path Continues: 3.5 mi
- Martini Junction: 4.6 mi
- Foundation & Chimney: 5.1 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 5.7 mi
- Goat: 5.8 mi
- North Beach: 3.5 mi
- South Beach: 3.7 mi
- Powissett Beach: 4.0 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 4.2 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 5.4 mi
- Flower Garden: 3.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.8 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 3.9 mi
- Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 4.6 mi
- Own Your Peace Sculpture: 4.4 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 5.6 mi
- Taino Mural: 6.1 mi
- Babson Globe: 6.2 mi
- Beauty Master Mural: 6.2 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 3.8 mi
- The Alcove: 5.5 mi
- Upper Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.8 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.8 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.8 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.9 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 10.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 1.8 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.3 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.6 mi
- Boathouse: 15.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.3 mi
- Boston Light: 15.4 mi
- Rainshed: 15.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 5.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 13.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 9.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.7 mi
- Haywardville: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Fairbanks House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | SE 128° | 193 m | 3.5 mi |
| Chickatawbut Hill | ESE 105° | 156 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hancock Hill | ESE 115° | 155 m | 4.1 mi |
| Buck Hill | ESE 113° | 151 m | 5.1 mi |
| Fenno Peak | ESE 105° | 151 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | ESE 117° | 140 m | 3.9 mi |
| Tucker Hill | ESE 117° | 133 m | 4.7 mi |
| Wolcott Hill | ESE 122° | 132 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/212911217
Day trips start here
- Dedham · 0 mi
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 3 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 4 mi
- Needham · 4 mi
- Norwood · 4 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 5 mi
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