Fitchburg Art Museum
Fitchburg Art Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Blood Hill stands 461 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sundial Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
The Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) is a regional art museum based in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1925.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1925.
Wikidata Q5455423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 24.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.1 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 0.1 mi
- Steam Turbine Monument: 0.3 mi
- Fitchburg Policemans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Frankie K9 Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Old City Hall Park: 0.2 mi
- Monument Square: 0.2 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.4 mi
- Fitchburg Abolitionist Park: 0.5 mi
- Caldwell Park: 0.5 mi
- Painted Rock: 0.5 mi
- Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 1.7 mi
- Whale Rock: 1.8 mi
- Moses' Rock: 1.8 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 6.2 mi
- Rollstone Hill: 0.6 mi
- Alpine Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Elam: 1.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.3 mi
- Crocker Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Brown Farm: 1.6 mi
- Laurel Bank Cons. Area: 1.9 mi
- City of Fitchburg Agricultural Preservation Restriction: 1.9 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 6.0 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 6.6 mi
- Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 11.2 mi
- Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 11.2 mi
- CAVA: 11.7 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Native Herb Garden: 11.2 mi
- Ayer Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 1.4 mi
- Lunenburg Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 6.3 mi
- Ashby Historical Society: 6.3 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 3.1 mi
- Lunenburg Town Beach: 3.2 mi
- Wilder Beach: 3.5 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 4.2 mi
- Swimming Hole: 8.1 mi
- Cascades: 2.1 mi
- Emerson Falls: 3.0 mi
- Trap Falls: 6.1 mi
- The Falls: 14.3 mi
- Purgatory Lower Falls: 19.6 mi
- Ice Fall: 8.2 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 8.3 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 12.0 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 15.9 mi
- Trap Falls: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 21.3 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 6.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.0 mi
- Falcon Spring: 23.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 6.9 mi
- Dana: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Fitchburg Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Hill | NNW 336° | 461 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSW 207° | 440 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NW 317° | 439 m | 6.3 mi |
| Jewell Hill | NW 321° | 429 m | 4.7 mi |
| Russell Hill | NW 323° | 414 m | 5.5 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NW 304° | 409 m | 7.0 mi |
| Church Rock | SW 228° | 398 m | 7.3 mi |
| Brown Hill | NW 308° | 397 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Coop, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/213230183
Day trips start here
- Fitchburg · 0 mi
- Leominster · 5 mi
- Ashburnham · 6 mi
- Westminster · 6 mi
- North County · 7 mi
- Shirley · 8 mi
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