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Nylander Museum

Nylander Museum from directly overhead

Nylander Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Pennington Mountain stands 526 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. ST JOHN VALLEY CULTURAL BYWAY passes 16 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
136 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.85838, -68.01058
Around it

115 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
  • Prestile Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Old Higgns Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Giggey Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Gelot Hill: 8.2 mi
Parks: 29
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Collins Pond Park: 0.2 mi
  • Arboretum Park: 0.5 mi
  • Teague Park Complex: 0.6 mi
  • Cary Medical Center Trail System: 1.5 mi
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Historical Society: 9.3 mi
  • Nordic Heritage Center: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • University Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Van Buren Community Gardem: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Haystack Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Hedgehog Mountain Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 2: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nylander Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pennington MountainWNW 289°526 m24.4 mi
Scopan MountainSSW 207°433 m19.2 mi
Scopan KnobSSW 204°432 m21.8 mi
Haystack MountainSW 218°408 m16.9 mi
Pyle MountainSW 219°385 m16.4 mi
Green MountainS 179°385 m19.5 mi
Moose MountainW 271°379 m18.5 mi
Quaggy JoeS 179°370 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0518:45
June solstice04:3819:4320:31
September equinox06:1917:5218:32
December solstice07:1514:5515:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121425395261676557453320
Precip in3.02.42.83.03.53.94.23.63.44.03.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caribou WFO, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367795522

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