Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesoamerican Stele, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. The museum is caretaker to over 1.2 million objects, some 900 feet (270 m) of documents, 2,000 maps and site plans, and about 500,000 photographs. The museum is located at Divinity Avenue on the Harvard University campus. The museum is one of the four Harvard Museums of Science and Culture open to the public.
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Dates from 1866.
Wikidata Q1249027, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Harvard University
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesoamerican Stele: 0.0 mi
- Bessie: 0.1 mi
- Night Wall I: 0.1 mi
- Compare The Shells: 0.2 mi
- Judgement: 0.2 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.1 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.4 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.7 mi
- Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Flagstaff Park: 0.3 mi
- Dawes Island Park: 0.3 mi
- Shady Hill Square: 0.3 mi
- Cambridge Common: 0.3 mi
- Sacramento Field: 0.4 mi
- John Harvard Statue: 0.3 mi
- Statue of John Bridge: 0.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 0.3 mi
- Irish Famine Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Statue of Charles Sumner: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 0.4 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 2.1 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.2 mi
- Citgo Sign: 2.2 mi
- 34: 2.3 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.7 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.8 mi
- Central Hill: 1.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.8 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 1.8 mi
- Amory Woods: 2.2 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.7 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
- Corinha Beach: 6.8 mi
- Short Beach: 6.9 mi
- Crag 1: 4.6 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.7 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.8 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.8 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 7.1 mi
- Valley Shelter: 7.2 mi
- Boathouse: 11.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.0 mi
- Rainshed: 12.0 mi
- Boston Light: 12.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.7 mi
- Haywardville: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 322° | 107 m | 4.8 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 207° | 100 m | 4.3 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 228° | 98 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 315° | 95 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 18° | 92 m | 4.9 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 293° | 91 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 193° | 91 m | 5.0 mi |
| Green Hill | S 190° | 89 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11540371766
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 0 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Boston · 3 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 3 mi
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