Oldest House
Oldest House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Oldest House Kitchen Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 29 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic house in Massachusetts, United States
Dates from 1686.
Wikidata Q6189014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- North Beach Street: 0.3 mi
- Grove Lane: 0.6 mi
- Town Dock: 0.7 mi
- West Chester Street: 1.0 mi
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation: 1.1 mi
- Childrens Beach: 0.5 mi
- Steps Beach: 0.5 mi
- Jetties Beach: 0.6 mi
- Cliff Beach: 0.6 mi
- South Beach: 0.8 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 0.4 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 0.4 mi
- Greater Light: 0.4 mi
- Fire Hose Cart House: 0.5 mi
- Thomas Macy House: 0.5 mi
- Coffin Park: 0.1 mi
- Lilly Pond: 0.2 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 0.4 mi
- Lily Pond Park: 0.5 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 0.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 0.1 mi
- Popsquatchet Hills: 0.8 mi
- Swain Hill: 1.8 mi
- Trots Hills: 2.3 mi
- Fudge Hill: 2.6 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 0.5 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 1.0 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 7.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 7.3 mi
- cannon: 22.0 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 0.7 mi
- Squam Head: 6.5 mi
- Sankaty Head: 7.4 mi
- Wasque Point: 18.5 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 0.0 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 0.5 mi
- First Congregational Church Bell Tower Climb: 0.3 mi
- Big Bridge: 24.6 mi
- Brant Point Light: 0.8 mi
- Whale Tail: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oldest House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | E 96° | 33 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 288° | 28 m | 20.5 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | E 96° | 26 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sauls Hills | E 97° | 23 m | 5.2 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | SSW 202° | 22 m | 0.8 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 286° | 22 m | 19.7 mi |
| Macys Hill | E 96° | 19 m | 4.3 mi |
| Fudge Hill | E 92° | 18 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:31 | 16:15 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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