Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum
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Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Harvard Museum of Natural History, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
The Mineralogical and Geological Museum at Harvard (MGMH), or the Harvard Mineralogical Museum, is located on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is one of the three research museums which collectively comprise the collection of the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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Wikidata Q5676496, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesoamerican Stele: 0.0 mi
- Bessie: 0.1 mi
- Night Wall I: 0.1 mi
- Judgement: 0.2 mi
- Compare The Shells: 0.2 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.1 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.4 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.7 mi
- Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Flagstaff Park: 0.2 mi
- Dawes Island Park: 0.3 mi
- Cambridge Common: 0.3 mi
- Sacramento Field: 0.3 mi
- Shady Hill Square: 0.3 mi
- Statue of John Bridge: 0.3 mi
- John Harvard Statue: 0.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 0.3 mi
- Irish Famine Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Statue of Charles Sumner: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 0.4 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 2.1 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.2 mi
- Citgo Sign: 2.2 mi
- 34: 2.3 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.8 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.8 mi
- Central Hill: 1.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.6 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.7 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 1.8 mi
- Amory Woods: 2.2 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.7 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
- Corinha Beach: 6.8 mi
- Short Beach: 6.9 mi
- Crag 1: 4.6 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.7 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.7 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.8 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 7.1 mi
- Valley Shelter: 7.1 mi
- Boathouse: 11.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.0 mi
- Rainshed: 12.0 mi
- Boston Light: 12.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.6 mi
- Haywardville: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 322° | 107 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 332° | 105 m | 5.3 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 206° | 100 m | 4.2 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 228° | 98 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 315° | 95 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 18° | 92 m | 4.9 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 293° | 91 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 193° | 91 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367781337
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 0 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Boston · 3 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 3 mi
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