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First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House

First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House from directly overhead

First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Mount Pisgah stands 246 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Bell, a attraction 0.1 miles away.

The story

house in Augusta, Maine

Dates from 1911.

Wikidata Q24693601, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.30878, -69.78078

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Monument Park: 0.2 mi
  • Gage Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Welcome to Augusta: 0.4 mi
  • Market Sqaure: 0.5 mi
  • Augusta Waterfront Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 21
Attractions: 13
  • Liberty Bell: 0.1 mi
  • Dr Hubbard Office: 1.6 mi
  • Dummer House: 1.6 mi
  • Demolition Derby Pit: 9.3 mi
  • Kiddie Land: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 11
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Tyler’s Pond Beach: 5.7 mi
  • East Winthrop Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Town Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Richardson's Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Stinchfield Beach: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bond Brook Falls: 0.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahW 269°246 m12.0 mi
Bowen HillNW 318°238 m14.8 mi
Oak HillWNW 295°221 m15.0 mi
Danforth HillSW 227°208 m15.6 mi
Morrison HeightsW 275°204 m13.7 mi
Hornbeam MountainNW 324°204 m14.3 mi
Monks HillNW 305°203 m6.1 mi
Allen HillNW 317°193 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1318:52
June solstice04:5619:4320:27
September equinox06:2718:0018:39
December solstice07:1315:1516:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202332445564706961493827
Precip in2.62.33.23.83.34.03.23.43.94.73.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta State AP, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/706806260

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