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Hudson Museum

Hudson Museum, a museum in Maine
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Hudson Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Maine Engineering, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The story

The Hudson Museum is an anthropology museum that is operated by the University of Maine and is located in the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine. The museum's collections include Maine Native American baskets and basket-making tools, Precolumbian ceramics, weapons and gold work, and baskets, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, clothing, tools, weapons and contemporary art from Native American peoples around the United States and the Arctic area.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1986.

Wikidata Q5928790, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
36 m

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.89975, -68.66628

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marden Park: 0.7 mi
  • Webster Park: 0.9 mi
  • Brownie's Park: 1.0 mi
  • Summer Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Coombs Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 48
Artworks: 18
Historic sites: 16
  • Civil War Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.6 mi
  • Binnette: 2.7 mi
  • War Monument: 2.8 mi
  • VFW: 2.9 mi
Museums: 15
Attractions: 13
  • Dorion Loop: 0.7 mi
  • Otto Farm Loop: 0.7 mi
  • Corn Field Loop: 0.8 mi
  • Old Town Loop: 0.9 mi
  • Pinkham Trails: 1.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Children's Garden: 8.9 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lovers Leap: 8.2 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Hudson Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked MountainESE 116°350 m11.1 mi
Bald MountainS 170°342 m16.9 mi
Big HillSSE 160°338 m14.8 mi
Springy Brook MountainE 87°315 m14.3 mi
BlackcapSSE 154°312 m11.2 mi
Bald Bluff MountainE 92°305 m13.0 mi
Jellison HillESE 116°284 m13.5 mi
Chick HillESE 113°271 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0818:47
June solstice04:4919:4020:25
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:1015:0815:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192331435563706859473727

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orono, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367795538

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