Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium is a museum in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Burke Mountain stands 976 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is St Johnsbury History & Heritage Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway runs past it.
The story
The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium is a combination natural science museum, history museum, and planetarium located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. It was founded in 1890 by businessman, politician, naturalist, and collector Franklin Fairbanks. The museum and its buildings are on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The Eye on the Sky Weather Center is a meteorology and weather forecasting station operated regularly at the site since 1893. Meteorologists broadcast their unique weather forecasts for Vermont, New Hampshire, and areas immediately around the region, on Vermont Public Radio and Magic 97.7. The facility also produces daily weather forecasts for three newspapers: The Caledonian Record, Times Argus, and Rutland Herald. The Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium, established in 1960, is located at the museum, and produces public astronomy shows, as well as educational classes on various space science topics. Other productions of the planetarium include the Eye on the Night Sky astronomy program for radio broadcast, and the Night Owl astronomy & spaceflight news articles for online and print publication.
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Dates from 1890.
Wikidata Q5430021, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1890
- Elevation
- 212 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.6 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 21.6 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 22.5 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Angel Dog Overlook · 2 mi
- North Overlook · 22 mi
- Profiler Plaza · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harris Hill: 0.7 mi
- The Knob: 0.9 mi
- Crow Hill: 1.6 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Silsby Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Town Forest: 1.0 mi
- Gardner Mountain Conservation Area: 10.2 mi
- Gale Family Forest: 10.8 mi
- Hobbs Fern Sanctuary: 10.8 mi
- Kilburn Crags: 12.8 mi
- Arnold Park/Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Stowe Green: 0.3 mi
- Legion Field: 0.4 mi
- Fred Mold Park: 0.5 mi
- Leonard Field: 0.6 mi
- St Johnsbury History & Heritage Center: 0.1 mi
- Maple Grove Museum: 1.2 mi
- Concord Museum: 6.6 mi
- Shores Memorial Museum: 8.3 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 14.7 mi
- Stephen Huneck’s Gallery, Dog Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Civil War monument: 14.4 mi
- Bayley-Hazen Military Road Monument: 16.1 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 16.3 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 18.2 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 15.8 mi
- Artists Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 23.4 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 23.4 mi
- Hermit Haven: 23.5 mi
- Farmer's Daughter: 2.3 mi
- Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge: 5.8 mi
- Great Vermont Corn Maze: 6.5 mi
- Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 10.9 mi
- A.M. Foster Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Cheever Falls: 10.9 mi
- Ogontz Falls: 11.5 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 22.6 mi
- Kinsman Flume: 23.0 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 23.2 mi
- Boulder Beach: 15.5 mi
- Southwest Cove Beach: 20.5 mi
- South Beach: 20.5 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
- North Beach: 25.0 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Runaway Pond: 17.5 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
- Sunflowers: 14.4 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 14.5 mi
- Tree Harp: 14.5 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 16.5 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 7.3 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 7.8 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Lac Littleton: 10.6 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Mountain | NNE 31° | 976 m | 12.1 mi |
| West Peak Burke Mountain | NNE 30° | 956 m | 12.0 mi |
| Wheelock Mountain | NW 324° | 843 m | 11.7 mi |
| Kirby Mountain | NNE 31° | 833 m | 10.7 mi |
| Miles Mountain | ENE 68° | 813 m | 11.1 mi |
| Ide Mountain | NW 321° | 796 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cow Hill | WSW 254° | 781 m | 10.3 mi |
| Stannard Mountain | NW 307° | 779 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:52 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Johnsbury, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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