Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum
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Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mashpee Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 6.6 miles off.
Formerly known as the Avant House One of the most revered elders of the Mashpee Wampanoag, Mable Avant, was a modern woman Sachem who taught young and old about tribal rituals, foods, traditions, and the importance of honoring the Earth.
The story
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum is a cultural center in the town of Mashpee in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The town of Mashpee is the location of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, one of the two federally recognized representative bodies of the Wampanoag people. The museum ground itself is well known for the Avant House as well as hosting the Mill Pond Herring Ladder, a Fish ladder on the Mashpee River. Establishing the museum was a passion project of Amelia Peters Bingham. The idea for the museum first came in 1970, but the building was only transferred to the Wampanoag Tribal Council after a unanimous vote to do so during the Mashpee town government's annual meeting in 1997. Since 1999, the site has been listed under the National Register of Historic Places.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1997.
Wikidata Q18151417, matched on coordinates and name (62 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mashpee River Access: 0.1 mi
- Mashpee River Access: 0.1 mi
- Mashpee Pond Lot: 0.3 mi
- Mashpee River Access: 0.4 mi
- Mashpee River Access: 0.4 mi
- Attaquin Park: 0.2 mi
- Collins Lot: 0.2 mi
- Mashpee Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Park: 1.1 mi
- Johns Pond Park: 1.3 mi
- Wakeby lake at Ryder Conservation Beach: 1.3 mi
- Snake Pond Beach: 2.7 mi
- Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach: 3.1 mi
- Triangle Beach: 3.7 mi
- Camp Burgess Waterfront: 3.8 mi
- Discovery Hill: 5.3 mi
- Deer Horn Hill: 5.4 mi
- Mt. Zig: 5.4 mi
- Mt. Otis: 5.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 5.8 mi
- Cahoon Museum of American Art: 2.0 mi
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 3.6 mi
- Cape Cod Children's Museum: 4.1 mi
- Benjamin Nye Homestead and Museum: 6.2 mi
- Wing Fort House: 7.1 mi
- Location of Hotel Attaquin: 0.1 mi
- Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 0.2 mi
- Briant's Neck: 1.5 mi
- Trout's Grave: 1.7 mi
- HU-16 Albatross: 2.3 mi
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 3.7 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 4.7 mi
- Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 6.7 mi
- The Green Briar Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 9.2 mi
- bluff: 3.4 mi
- Fullers Point: 7.7 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Hog Island: 9.3 mi
- Salten Point: 10.1 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 6.7 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 6.8 mi
- McInnes Garden: 6.8 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 6.9 mi
- Tree of Bike: 5.9 mi
- Buddha: 6.0 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 10.0 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 10.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.8 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 10.5 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 13.0 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 12.7 mi
- Oil House: 13.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 13.0 mi
- West Chop Light: 13.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 13.1 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | NW 315° | 93 m | 5.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 360° | 85 m | 5.8 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNW 340° | 82 m | 7.8 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNW 327° | 80 m | 6.8 mi |
| Discovery Hill | N 10° | 77 m | 5.3 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | W 278° | 71 m | 5.4 mi |
| Flagg Hill | NNW 334° | 64 m | 18.7 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNW 335° | 61 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:31 | 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 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/214508888
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 14 mi
- Marion · 15 mi
- Mattapoisett · 17 mi
- Rochester · 18 mi
- SouthCoast · 18 mi
- Carver · 22 mi
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