Middleboro Historical Museum
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Middleboro Historical Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Route 114 and High Street passes 22 miles off.
The story
The Middleborough Historical Museum is a museum located at 18 Jackson Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts, and maintained by the Middleboro Historical Association. It is sometimes known as the Tom Thumb Museum for its extensive holdings of personal items from General Tom Thumb and his wife Lavinia Warren, who lived in the nearby Tom Thumb House. The museum was founded in 1961, and currently comprises 7 buildings as follows:
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Wikidata Q25917176, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 22.3 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 22.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 24.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Point · 22 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Field of Dreams: 0.6 mi
- Pratt Farm: 0.8 mi
- Westside Playground: 0.9 mi
- Cons Land-Oliver Mill Park: 1.0 mi
- Nemasket River: 0.3 mi
- Nemasket River Access: 0.5 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.3 mi
- Ocean Spray Cranberry Cons Ar: 1.5 mi
- Nemasket Hill: 0.8 mi
- Barden Hills: 0.9 mi
- Miller Hill: 2.4 mi
- Willis Hill: 2.6 mi
- Burial Hill: 2.9 mi
- Milo monument: 5.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Anchor Monument: 8.1 mi
- West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 10.1 mi
- Helicopter Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Deborah Sampson House Museum: 6.1 mi
- Halifax Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Old Colony History Museum: 9.3 mi
- Plymouth Cordage Company Museum: 12.7 mi
- Kendrick House Museum: 13.1 mi
- Lingan Street Beach: 8.0 mi
- Stephens Field Beach: 13.6 mi
- Cedar Island: 14.2 mi
- Minot Forest Beach: 14.4 mi
- Swifts Neck Association: 14.4 mi
- National Sailors Home Water Tower: 4.5 mi
- Edaville: 7.6 mi
- Old Shed: 12.9 mi
- Old Shed: 12.9 mi
- Mayflower Experience: 13.4 mi
- Pratt Memorial Statue: 4.7 mi
- Myles Standish Legs: 9.0 mi
- The Bell: 13.2 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 13.3 mi
- Cupid's Kiss Statue: 13.3 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.8 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 18.2 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 18.5 mi
- West Common: 18.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.7 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 19.4 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.6 mi
- White Banks: 3.5 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 4.5 mi
- High Cliff: 13.1 mi
- The Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Hog Island: 18.2 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 12.9 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.9 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 19.2 mi
- Plymouth Light: 17.5 mi
- Pumphouse: 17.5 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 20.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Middleboro Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | SW 214° | 109 m | 14.2 mi |
| Monks Hill | ENE 63° | 83 m | 10.6 mi |
| Tinkham Hill | SW 226° | 64 m | 5.3 mi |
| Breakneck Hill | SW 227° | 64 m | 10.7 mi |
| Flagg Hill | E 90° | 64 m | 13.4 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | E 85° | 62 m | 11.8 mi |
| Locust Hill | N 349° | 62 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sparrow Hill | ENE 71° | 61 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middleboro, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/214563214
Day trips start here
- Middleborough · 1 mi
- Carver · 7 mi
- Halifax · 7 mi
- Bridgewater · 8 mi
- Taunton · 9 mi
- Freetown · 10 mi
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