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Josiah Quincy House

Josiah Quincy House from directly overhead

Josiah Quincy House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Babcock Arboretum, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

About

The story

National Historic Landmark home built by Josiah Quincy

Wikidata Q6290603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.27176, -71.01470

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wollaston Beach Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Cavanaugh Stadium: 0.6 mi
  • Safford Park: 0.7 mi
  • Irving B. Patten Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bear Hug Park: 0.7 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Wollaston: 0.9 mi
  • Forbes Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Presidents Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Milton Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Popes Hill: 2.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Constitution Common: 1.2 mi
  • John Adams: 1.5 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 1.5 mi
  • John Hancock: 1.6 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Columbia Point Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Josiah Quincy House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSW 231°193 m6.6 mi
Chickatawbut HillSW 215°156 m4.2 mi
Hancock HillSW 228°155 m5.5 mi
Fenno PeakSW 214°151 m4.1 mi
Buck HillSW 218°151 m5.0 mi
Nahanton HillSSW 213°145 m3.9 mi
Hemenway HillSW 230°140 m5.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSW 213°133 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/316902356

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