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Peak House Museum

Peak House Museum from directly overhead

Peak House Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.19000, -71.29677

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
  • Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center: 0.4 mi
  • Medfield Historical Society Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Dwight-Derby House Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 1.0 mi
  • Niagara Hall: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Parks
  • Meeting House Pond: 0.6 mi
  • Baxter Park: 0.7 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 2.0 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 2.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • 2: 2.1 mi
  • 1: 2.1 mi
  • 14: 2.3 mi
  • 13: 2.3 mi
  • 15: 2.4 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 4.0 mi
  • South Beach: 4.1 mi
  • North Beach: 4.4 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 46
  • King Philip Rock: 9.7 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 9.9 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.2 mi
  • The Wall: 10.3 mi
  • Condo Rock: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 11.2 mi
  • 36: 13.1 mi
  • 35: 13.1 mi
  • 16-34: 13.1 mi
  • 1: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Peak House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillSE 137°163 m6.2 mi
Bluff HillSE 142°138 m6.7 mi
Snow HillN 10°137 m2.4 mi
Cedar HillNNE 32°134 m2.0 mi
Pegan HillN 355°125 m4.2 mi
Brush HillNW 314°121 m6.2 mi
Dudley HillSSE 153°116 m7.3 mi
Strawberry HillNE 34°114 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2118:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 75000288OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Peak House, reference 75000288, listed 09/05/75.

OpenStreetMap element way/214522046

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