Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Evans Way Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner, whose will called for her art collection to be permanently exhibited "for the education and enjoyment of the public forever." The museum opened in 1903. An auxiliary wing designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, adjacent to the original structure near the Back Bay Fens, was completed in 2012. In 1990, thirteen of the museum's works were stolen; the crime remains unsolved, and the works, valued at an estimated $500 million, have not been recovered.
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Dates from 1903.
Wikidata Q49135, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 1 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Evans Way Park: 0.0 mi
- Mission Main Park: 0.2 mi
- Ramler Park: 0.3 mi
- Forsythe Park: 0.4 mi
- Mission Hill Playground: 0.4 mi
- MassArt Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Warren Anatomical Museum: 0.3 mi
- Dillaway-Thomas House: 0.7 mi
- Gabel Museum of Archaeology: 0.9 mi
- First Corps of Cadets Museum: 1.2 mi
- Bessie: 0.1 mi
- Appeal to the Great Spirit: 0.3 mi
- John Endecott: 0.4 mi
- 999 Cranes: 0.5 mi
- Cy Young: 0.5 mi
- Japanese Temple Bell: 0.3 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- James P. Kelleher Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- Tobin Community Center Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mission Hill Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Highland Avenue Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Frederick Douglass Peace Garden: 0.8 mi
- 9: 0.6 mi
- 4: 0.6 mi
- 1: 0.6 mi
- 8: 0.6 mi
- 27: 0.6 mi
- Parker Hill: 0.7 mi
- Aspinwall Hill: 1.8 mi
- Corey Hill: 1.8 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fisher Hill: 2.2 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 0.7 mi
- Back Of The Hill Urban Wild: 0.8 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Amory Woods: 0.9 mi
- 140 Highland St: 1.0 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 3.9 mi
- Tenean Beach: 4.3 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 5.0 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.3 mi
- Orchard Beach: 5.5 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.9 mi
- The Alcove: 4.0 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.0 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.1 mi
- Pine Knoll: 2.3 mi
- Oak Lea: 2.4 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 2.5 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 8.6 mi
- Boathouse: 10.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.7 mi
- Rainshed: 10.7 mi
- Boston Light: 10.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 1.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.3 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.3 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 9.1 mi
- Mystery Spring: 23.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.8 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.5 mi
- Haywardville: 8.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WSW 249° | 100 m | 2.9 mi |
| Waban Hill | W 271° | 98 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SSW 208° | 94 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Walley | SW 224° | 91 m | 2.8 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | WSW 240° | 90 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Hill | SW 215° | 89 m | 3.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 261° | 86 m | 3.3 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 242° | 84 m | 5.1 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 | 20:25 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29650851
Day trips start here
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 0 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 1 mi
- Boston/South End · 1 mi
- Brookline · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 2 mi
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