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Hose 5 Fire Museum

Hose 5 Fire Museum from directly overhead

Hose 5 Fire Museum is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Williams Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The story

fire hose house in Bangor, Maine architected by Wilfred E. Mansur

Wikidata Q4855563, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.80574, -68.75985

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Williams Park: 0.1 mi
  • Chapin Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parker Courtyard: 0.4 mi
  • Indian Trail Park: 0.4 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
  • McPhetres Farm Forest: 2.8 mi
  • Davis Forest: 2.9 mi
  • Manter Woods: 3.0 mi
  • West Penjajawoc Grasslands: 3.4 mi
  • Buck Hill Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Pollinators: 0.2 mi
  • The Good of the Hive: 0.5 mi
  • One Native Lupine: 0.5 mi
  • Bangor Wants You: 0.6 mi
  • Kenduskeag Stream Trail Mural: 0.6 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 16
Attractions: 13
  • Maine Discovery Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 0.8 mi
  • Bangor YMCA: 0.9 mi
  • "IT" Movie Manhole Cover: 1.2 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 1.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Children's Garden: 1.0 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 8.1 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lovers Leap: 1.2 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Hose 5 Fire Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked MountainE 84°350 m14.6 mi
Bald MountainSE 143°342 m12.7 mi
Big HillSE 127°338 m12.3 mi
BlackcapESE 111°312 m10.2 mi
Great Pond MountainSSE 162°291 m14.9 mi
Chick HillE 81°271 m14.6 mi
Little Peaked MountainE 83°260 m14.1 mi
Peaked MountainSSE 149°258 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5019:4020:25
September equinox06:2317:5618:35
December solstice07:1015:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131435564706860483726
Precip in3.22.43.23.63.33.93.23.13.84.63.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3764469734

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