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Royalston Post Office

Royalston Post Office from directly overhead

Royalston Post Office is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Little Monadnock Mountain stands 571 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Royalston Historical Society, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 8.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Postal Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.67326, -72.18671

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Royalston Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse Marker: 3.3 mi
  • Colonial Home 1777 Marker: 4.2 mi
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Town Pound Marker: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Frye Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Gale Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Davis Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Harrington Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Goddard Park: 4.7 mi
  • Lake Park: 5.6 mi
  • Little League Park: 5.7 mi
  • Athol Veterans Park: 6.0 mi
  • Phillips Park: 6.0 mi
Museums: 33
  • Royalston Historical Society: 0.0 mi
  • Old Town Hall: 5.8 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 6.9 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 7.5 mi
  • The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Stone Bridge: 4.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Jacob Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 10.4 mi
  • Table Rock: 12.8 mi
  • Black Precipice: 13.3 mi
  • Billings Fold: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 4.4 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 5.5 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Spirit Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 13
  • South Royalston Chicken: 3.5 mi
  • Clyde II: 6.8 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 14.1 mi
  • Armillary: 17.3 mi
  • Reaching: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 13.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Royalston Post Office. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Monadnock MountainN 353°571 m8.1 mi
The PinnacleN 11°467 m7.8 mi
Grassy HillNNW 338°446 m7.2 mi
Mayo HillWNW 297°418 m6.4 mi
Webb HillNNE 19°415 m5.9 mi
Baldwin HillSSE 166°411 m6.6 mi
White HillNW 305°409 m5.5 mi
Prospect HillNNW 343°407 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/215882533

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