Falmouth Museums on the Green
Falmouth Museums on the Green is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonial Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 15 miles off.
The story
town in Massachusetts, United States
Dates from 1660.
Wikidata Q1523514, matched on coordinates and name (540 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Falmouth Historical Society
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Falmouth Town Green: 0.1 mi
- Shiverick's Pond Pathway: 0.1 mi
- Margaret E. Noonan Park: 0.3 mi
- Downtown Library Park: 0.3 mi
- Marine Park: 0.9 mi
- Nye"S Pond Shore: 0.5 mi
- Morse Pond Shore: 0.7 mi
- Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries: 0.8 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 0.8 mi
- Morse Pond East Shore: 0.9 mi
- Surf Drive Beach: 0.9 mi
- Surf Drive Beach: 0.9 mi
- Surf Drive Beach: 0.9 mi
- Surf Drive Beach: 1.0 mi
- Surf Drive Beach: 1.0 mi
- Riddle Hill: 1.1 mi
- Swifts Hill: 1.4 mi
- The Knob: 2.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 3.1 mi
- Nobska Hill: 3.3 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 0.3 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
- Woods Holl: 3.4 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 3.3 mi
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 3.7 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 6.9 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 7.4 mi
- Cottage Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Liberté: 1.0 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 1.4 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 3.4 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 7.5 mi
- Big Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 2.8 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Nobska Point: 4.9 mi
- Husselton Head: 6.0 mi
- North Head: 7.2 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 3.3 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 14.5 mi
- Helen Keller: 3.4 mi
- Whale Tail: 3.4 mi
- Rachel Carson: 3.4 mi
- Buddha: 6.7 mi
- Tree of Bike: 7.1 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 3.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 5.2 mi
- West Chop Light: 5.2 mi
- Oil House: 5.2 mi
- Keeper's House: 5.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 15.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 15.6 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 19.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.6 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 15.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Falmouth Museums on the Green. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 204° | 94.8 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 15° | 93 m | 11.0 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 29° | 85 m | 14.1 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 17° | 82 m | 14.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 15° | 80 m | 12.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 207° | 78 m | 14.6 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 34° | 77 m | 14.1 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 12° | 71 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/977919340
Day trips start here
- Marion · 12 mi
- Mattapoisett · 12 mi
- SouthCoast · 13 mi
- Wareham · 15 mi
- Rochester · 16 mi
- New Bedford · 18 mi
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