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Fitchburg Historical Society

Fitchburg Historical Society from directly overhead

Fitchburg Historical Society is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Blood Hill stands 461 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Old City Hall Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The story

Massachusetts organization

Dates from 1892.

Wikidata Q5455426, matched on coordinates and name (124 m apart).

What to expect

Operated by
Fitchburg Historical Society

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.58508, -71.80403

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old City Hall Park: 0.1 mi
  • Monument Square: 0.2 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.4 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fitchburg Abolitionist Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 0.1 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Fitchburg Policemans Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Frankie K9 Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 0.6 mi
Attractions
  • Painted Rock: 0.4 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 1.6 mi
  • Whale Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 6.2 mi
Peaks
  • Rollstone Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Alpine Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Elam: 1.8 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Oak Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • "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: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 42
  • Sundial Community Garden: 0.2 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
Museums: 40
  • Fitchburg Art Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Lunenburg Historical Society: 4.0 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 6.4 mi
  • Ashby Historical Society: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 29
  • 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: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascades: 2.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 6.2 mi
  • The Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Fitchburg Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blood HillNNW 337°461 m6.6 mi
Pine HillSSW 207°440 m7.6 mi
Mount HungerNW 318°439 m6.4 mi
Jewell HillNW 322°429 m4.8 mi
Russell HillNW 324°414 m5.6 mi
Meeting House HillNW 305°409 m7.1 mi
Church RockSW 229°398 m7.2 mi
Brown HillNW 309°397 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2219:00
June solstice05:1019:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534465766716962493930
Precip in3.53.34.44.23.74.33.74.34.25.33.94.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Coop, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/432044482

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