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National Yiddish Book Center

National Yiddish Book Center from directly overhead

National Yiddish Book Center is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the east-northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is DonaldCurtis Workshop, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

Yiddish library and museum

Dates from 1980.

Wikidata Q6979474, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.32166, -72.52753

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 0.3 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Old Chapel: 4.7 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • South Amherst Common: 1.8 mi
  • Groff Park: 2.6 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 3.3 mi
  • Pratt Field: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Field: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 52
Gardens: 40
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 11
  • Sandy Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 6.6 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 10.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of National Yiddish Book Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnENE 61°375 m6.1 mi
Pine HillNE 54°371 m7.8 mi
Mount TomSW 228°363 m8.3 mi
East HillE 82°338 m6.9 mi
Mount NorwottockSE 143°337 m1.4 mi
DeadtopSW 232°333 m7.6 mi
Juckett HillE 89°327 m7.6 mi
West HillENE 75°324 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/126015079

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