Mead Art Museum
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Mead Art Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Frost, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead (class of 1867), of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College. The museum, a member of Museums10, is free and open to the public.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2020.
Wikidata Q6803132, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 100 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 15.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 16.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 6 mi
- Waterfall · 17 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 17 mi
- Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Field: 0.2 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 0.2 mi
- North Common: 0.4 mi
- Pratt Field: 0.5 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 0.2 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 0.2 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 1.3 mi
- Old Chapel: 1.4 mi
- Salem Street Conservation Land: 0.8 mi
- Saul Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Upper Fort River Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Norwottuck Rail Trail: 1.2 mi
- Alexandra Dawson Wildlife Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Mount Castor: 1.6 mi
- Grey Rocks: 2.9 mi
- Mount Pollux: 2.9 mi
- Mount Warner: 3.0 mi
- Flat Hills: 3.2 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 0.1 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 0.4 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 0.5 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.3 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 1.4 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 0.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 11.0 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 12.4 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 13.0 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 13.8 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 0.2 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 1.3 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 1.3 mi
- Robert Frost: 0.1 mi
- Quinnipiac: 1.3 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 1.3 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 1.4 mi
- Metawampe: 1.5 mi
- Titans Piazza: 6.9 mi
- Roaring Falls: 8.2 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 11.0 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 13.9 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 13.9 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 3.1 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 3.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.0 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 6.6 mi
- David Musante Beach: 9.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 15.2 mi
- Hobo Falls: 20.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.6 mi
- Glendale Falls: 23.0 mi
- Doane's Falls: 24.9 mi
- Rd: 14.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Mead Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Toby | N 352° | 386 m | 8.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 18° | 380 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | E 96° | 375 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 79° | 371 m | 5.8 mi |
| Morse Hill | NNE 23° | 366 m | 9.2 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 355° | 356 m | 7.9 mi |
| East Hill | ESE 111° | 338 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | S 177° | 337 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/367781250
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 1 mi
- Hadley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 7 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 7 mi
- South Hadley · 8 mi
- Deerfield · 13 mi
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