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John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum

John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum from directly overhead

John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 615 m. Mount Cabot stands 1,258 m to the east-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Presidential Range Tour passes 0.4 miles off.

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park in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q49508443, matched on coordinates and name (150 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
615 m
Getting there

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Coordinates44.45162, -71.57082

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 55
  • Weeks State Park: 0.2 mi
  • Soldier Park: 2.4 mi
  • Colonel Town Recreation Park: 2.9 mi
  • Whitefield Park: 5.6 mi
  • The Common: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Gordon Fall: 15.1 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 31
  • The Himalaya: 4.0 mi
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 4.0 mi
  • Flying School: 4.1 mi
  • You Tubing: 4.1 mi
  • Bumper Car: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 11
Springs: 5
  • Spaulding Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 17.6 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Littleton Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
  • Boise Rock: 21.3 mi
  • The Basin, West: 23.3 mi
  • The Basin, East: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 14.1 mi
  • Tree Harp: 14.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 19.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CabotENE 64°1,258 m8.6 mi
Mount WaumbekE 100°1,221 m7.7 mi
The BulgeENE 61°1,197 m9.1 mi
Mount Starr KingE 100°1,186 m6.9 mi
Mount WeeksE 86°1,185 m9.3 mi
South Weeks MountainE 94°1,183 m9.0 mi
The HornENE 61°1,168 m9.6 mi
Middle Weeks MountainE 91°1,128 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:59
June solstice05:0219:5020:35
September equinox06:3418:0718:46
December solstice07:2015:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626405362676558463422
Precip in2.42.02.23.13.84.44.24.13.64.22.92.9

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366495288

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