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Naumkeag Museum

Naumkeag Museum from directly overhead

Naumkeag Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Naumkeag Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 3.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
297 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28973, -73.31605

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
  • Lauras Tower: 1.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Evergreen Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Monument Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • West Stockbridge Mountain: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • St. Faustina: 0.2 mi
  • St. John Paul II: 0.3 mi
  • St. Francis: 0.3 mi
  • Rostrum: 0.8 mi
  • Butler Seat: 0.8 mi
Museums: 36
Waterfalls: 27
Attractions: 14
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 3.4 mi
  • concrete bases: 5.8 mi
  • stone pillar: 5.9 mi
  • balanced rock: 6.1 mi
  • concrete bases: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 3.3 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Clover Mountain: 14.2 mi
  • Corps Wall: 19.7 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Adams Point Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 12.3 mi
  • County Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 23.8 mi
  • East Beach: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Naumkeag Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainE 80°675 m8.2 mi
Becket MountainE 84°663 m8.7 mi
Yokun SeatN 4°645 m7.7 mi
Mount WilcoxSSE 152°642 m5.5 mi
Perry PeakNNW 340°631 m9.6 mi
Harvey MountainWNW 286°627 m5.8 mi
Bald TopENE 68°624 m8.5 mi
October MountainNE 43°598 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1819:5120:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2015:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/216182393

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