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Hoxie House

Hoxie House from directly overhead

Hoxie House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.4 miles off.

About

The story

building in Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1675.

Wikidata Q14715601, matched on coordinates and name (41 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.75501, -70.49852
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill Creek Park: 0.2 mi
  • Town Hall Square: 0.3 mi
  • Cape Cod Canal Access: 1.2 mi
  • Keith Field: 2.5 mi
  • North Sagamore Playground: 3.3 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Elephantback Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Faunces Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Town Neck Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Mt. Perry: 1.8 mi
Beaches
Historic sites: 52
  • Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Samuel M. Beale, Jr, M.D.: 0.3 mi
  • Sagamore Hill Trail: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Scott Rock: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 25
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 1.7 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 1.7 mi
  • Butterflies of Cape Cod: 3.5 mi
  • Herring Run: 3.5 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 15
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 0.5 mi
  • The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 0.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.6 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 0.6 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 5.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.9 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 6.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 11.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 3
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 3.4 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
  • Picnick Area: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Hoxie House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillNNW 338°114 m12.8 mi
Pine HillsNNW 340°95 m13.3 mi
Pine HillSW 227°93 m4.7 mi
Telegraph HillSSE 157°85 m1.6 mi
Monks HillNW 321°83 m18.3 mi
Flatrock HillW 269°82 m2.1 mi
Avery HillWSW 243°80 m3.4 mi
Discovery HillSE 143°77 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1818:54
June solstice05:0819:3920:21
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0715:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/215936452

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