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Jefferson Historical Museum

Jefferson Historical Museum from directly overhead

Jefferson Historical Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 451 m. Mount Adams stands 1,748 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ho Ho Ho H20, a attraction 1.6 miles away. Woodland Heritage Trail runs past it.

About

The story

town in New Hampshire, United States

Dates from 1796.

Wikidata Q2418119, matched on coordinates and name (987 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
451 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.41326, -71.46484

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 45
  • Gordon Fall: 9.3 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 9.3 mi
  • Salroc Fall: 9.4 mi
  • Tama Fall: 9.4 mi
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 10.0 mi
Parks: 44
  • Weeks State Park: 6.0 mi
  • Soldier Park: 7.2 mi
  • Colonel Town Recreation Park: 7.5 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 7.7 mi
  • The Common: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 32
  • Ho Ho Ho H20: 1.6 mi
  • Rudys Rapid Transit: 1.7 mi
  • Firehouse Game: 1.7 mi
  • The Red Hot Racers: 1.7 mi
  • Antique Cars: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Zealand Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • P1: 11.7 mi
  • P2: 11.8 mi
  • P7: 11.8 mi
  • P3: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 11
Springs: 5
  • Spaulding Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 21.1 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Boise Rock: 20.8 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
  • The Basin, West: 22.7 mi
  • The Basin, East: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 16.9 mi
  • Tree Harp: 17.0 mi
  • Sunflowers: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Jefferson Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AdamsSE 127°1,748 m10.7 mi
Mount JeffersonSE 136°1,725 m10.5 mi
Mount Sam AdamsSE 128°1,682 m10.3 mi
Mount Quincy AdamsSE 125°1,633 m10.7 mi
Mount Abigail AdamsSE 127°1,626 m10.1 mi
Adams FiveSE 131°1,590 m10.3 mi
Mount CabotNNE 21°1,258 m6.9 mi
Mount WaumbekENE 60°1,221 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0219:5020:35
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:2015:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415362676556463423
Precip in2.52.32.63.43.84.44.34.03.34.32.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366495282

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