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Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library

Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library from directly overhead

Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-southwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

About

The story

organization

Dates from 1893.

Wikidata Q3927859, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.25383, -71.00603

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Constitution Common: 0.2 mi
  • John Adams: 0.2 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 0.2 mi
  • John Hancock: 0.3 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • The Gazing Ball: 0.2 mi
  • Abagail Adams Cairn: 1.4 mi
  • Departed Knights of Columbus Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Moswetuset Hummock Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
  • Military Monument: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens
  • Braintree Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 39
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 14.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 14.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWSW 242°193 m6.2 mi
Chickatawbut HillSW 232°156 m3.6 mi
Hancock HillWSW 242°155 m5.2 mi
Fenno PeakSW 231°151 m3.5 mi
Buck HillSW 233°151 m4.5 mi
Nahanton HillSW 232°145 m3.3 mi
Hemenway HillWSW 243°140 m5.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillSW 231°133 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9738686092

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