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Otis House Museum

Otis House Museum from directly overhead

Otis House Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cardinal Cushing Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

The story

Museum in Massachusetts

Dates from 1795.

Wikidata Q19564302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36156, -71.06457

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Copps Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Breeds Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Camp Hill: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Corinha Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Short Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Yirrel Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 4.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 4.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.8 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 0.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Otis House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 239°100 m5.2 mi
Waban HillWSW 255°98 m5.8 mi
Cairn HillN 349°92 m5.9 mi
Mount WalleySW 225°91 m5.2 mi
Green HillSW 221°89 m5.3 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 247°86 m5.4 mi
Boojum RockN 350°83 m5.5 mi
Fisher HillWSW 240°81 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29806589

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