Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum
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Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Polar Bear Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum is a museum located in the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Named after Arctic explorers and Bowdoin College graduates Robert E. Peary (Class of 1877) and Donald B. MacMillan (Class of 1898), it is the only museum in the lower 48 states of the United States dedicated entirely to Arctic Studies. It opened its doors in 1967.
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Dates from 1985.
Wikidata Q7158400, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bowdoin College
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Benjamin Orr: 0.1 mi
- Charles J. Gilman: 0.1 mi
- Frances Caroline Chamberlain: 0.2 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 0.2 mi
- Robert P. Dunlap: 0.2 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 0.2 mi
- Coffin Street Garden: 0.2 mi
- Saint Paul's Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Senior Garden: 0.9 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 1.5 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 0.4 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 0.9 mi
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 2.9 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 7.9 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 8.0 mi
- Chamberlain Avenue Esplanade: 0.4 mi
- McKeen Park: 0.5 mi
- Hambleton Avenue Playground: 0.7 mi
- Nathaniel Davis Park: 0.8 mi
- Lishness Park: 0.8 mi
- Coffin's Ice Pond: 0.7 mi
- Cow Island: 1.3 mi
- Greater Commons: 1.5 mi
- Town Commons: 1.6 mi
- Coombs Property: 2.0 mi
- Mount Ararat: 2.2 mi
- Buttermilk Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Hill: 3.3 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.8 mi
- Orrs Hill: 4.7 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 0.3 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 0.5 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 1.7 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 7.2 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives: 7.3 mi
- Coffin Pond: 1.8 mi
- Thomas Point Beach: 3.6 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 10.9 mi
- Spring Beach: 13.1 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 13.1 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 0.1 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 0.2 mi
- The Lineman: 0.2 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 0.2 mi
- Time Out: 0.3 mi
- Hockomock Head: 10.2 mi
- Morse Point: 14.5 mi
- The Bluff: 18.1 mi
- White Head Cliff: 21.5 mi
- The Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 8.3 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 8.4 mi
- Bug Light: 22.2 mi
- First Falls: 13.2 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Mountain | W 268° | 143 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tryon Mountain | W 272° | 119 m | 11.7 mi |
| Tate Hill | NNW 344° | 109 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | WNW 295° | 108 m | 5.6 mi |
| Marston Hill | W 264° | 108 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bibber Hill | W 272° | 105 m | 10.8 mi |
| Whites Hill | NW 319° | 98 m | 11.6 mi |
| Libby Hill | WNW 294° | 95 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:42 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:18 | 16:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick NAS, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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