Golden Ball Tavern Museum
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Golden Ball Tavern Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 56 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the east-northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Warren Ave Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
The Golden Ball Tavern is a historic tavern, now a museum, located in Weston, Massachusetts. Built in 1768, it is one of the town's finest examples of Late Georgian architecture. It also played a pivotal role in local activities during the American Revolution, due to its Loyalist tavern keeper, Isaac Jones. The tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and was included in Weston's Boston Post Road Historic District in 1983.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1768.
Wikidata Q5579175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 10.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warren Ave Conservation Land: 0.2 mi
- Chestnut Street Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Conant Road Property: 0.7 mi
- Wellesley Street Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Rowan Hill: 1.4 mi
- Soldiers Field Town Park: 0.2 mi
- Boston Post Road Historic District: 0.3 mi
- The Terraces: 0.4 mi
- Town Square: 0.5 mi
- Knox Park: 0.5 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 0.9 mi
- Cat Rock Hill: 2.0 mi
- Doublet Hill: 2.2 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.4 mi
- Our Lady of Loretto Grotto: 1.1 mi
- Light Of Reason: 2.4 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 2.5 mi
- Tree: 2.6 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 4.3 mi
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History: 1.2 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 2.4 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 3.7 mi
- Codman Estate: 3.8 mi
- Codman House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Richard Saivetz '69: 2.5 mi
- Wayland Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Usen Castle: 2.7 mi
- ELISHA GARFIELD HOMESTEAD: 2.8 mi
- Old Camp 2 Foundation: 2.9 mi
- Ponyhenge: 2.7 mi
- Elephant Rock: 3.5 mi
- Fairy Rock: 3.7 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.8 mi
- Emerson's Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Italinate garden: 3.8 mi
- People For Pollinators: 3.9 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 4.6 mi
- Bob's Island: 4.6 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 4.8 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 4.8 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 6.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 6.9 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 7.7 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 9.6 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Lunch Wall: 7.0 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 7.2 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 7.3 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 3.0 mi
- Boathouse: 21.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 21.6 mi
- Rainshed: 21.6 mi
- Boston Light: 21.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 12.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 11.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 16.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 19.4 mi
- Haywardville: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Golden Ball Tavern Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | ENE 61° | 135 m | 3.3 mi |
| Little Prospect | ENE 65° | 133 m | 3.1 mi |
| Tippling Rock | W 264° | 125 m | 6.8 mi |
| Reeves Hill | WSW 236° | 122 m | 2.5 mi |
| Goodman Hill | W 278° | 119 m | 5.0 mi |
| Loring Hill | NE 36° | 109 m | 6.3 mi |
| Doublet Hill | ESE 123° | 108 m | 2.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 349° | 106 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:31 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367781083
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