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Gropius House

Gropius House from directly overhead

Gropius House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Bridge North, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

About

The story

modernist home designed by Walter Gropius in Lincoln, Massachusetts

Dates from 1938.

Wikidata Q4179781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1938
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42704, -71.32637

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
  • People For Pollinators: 0.5 mi
  • Italinate garden: 0.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Planted Canoe: 1.7 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 0.7 mi
  • Sculpture park: 0.9 mi
  • Codman Community Farm: 0.9 mi
  • Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Pierce Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Last Out: 0.7 mi
  • Archadian Gyro: 0.7 mi
  • Ferma: 0.7 mi
  • Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 0.8 mi
  • Decordova Ball: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.2 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Gropius House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSE 126°135 m4.6 mi
Little ProspectSE 129°133 m4.7 mi
Reeves HillSSW 193°122 m5.8 mi
Goodman HillSW 228°119 m5.4 mi
Annursnac HillNW 315°110 m5.0 mi
Loring HillE 80°109 m4.7 mi
Granny HillENE 72°108 m5.7 mi
Doublet HillSSE 154°108 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/215140093

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