Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the south-southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington The Free Mason, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
The Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, formerly known as the National Heritage Museum and the Museum of Our National Heritage, is a museum located in Lexington, Massachusetts. Its emphasis is on American history, Freemasonry, and fraternalism, including co-ed and women's organizations, and it contains the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives. The museum was founded in 1975, to correspond with the start of the Bicentennial of the United States and is partially funded by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, an appendant body of Freemasonry. The museum features general interest galleries with changing exhibits about fraternal organizations such as the Masons, American history and culture, and Lexington's role in the American Revolution. Since 2013, the same building houses the headquarters of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite. Previously, the headquarters was located in a 1905-built mansion which was sold to the Town of Lexington in 2013, to build a community center.
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Dates from 1974.
Wikidata Q6973053, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 28.9 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 9 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 27 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington The Free Mason: 0.0 mi
- The Minute Man: 0.0 mi
- watering trough: 0.7 mi
- Peace, Love, Music: 1.1 mi
- Dog Statue: 2.6 mi
- Antony Park Public Garden: 0.1 mi
- Tower Park: 0.1 mi
- Munroe Park: 0.5 mi
- Muzzey Field: 0.6 mi
- Adams Park: 0.7 mi
- Cary Coovert: 0.3 mi
- The "Something Is Being Done" Monument: 1.1 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 1.2 mi
- The Revolutionary Monument: 1.2 mi
- WALTER C. HURD MEMORIAL: 1.5 mi
- Munroe Tavern: 0.3 mi
- Buckman Tavern: 1.2 mi
- Hancock-Clarke House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Old Schwamb Mill: 2.0 mi
- Smith Museum Archives: 3.2 mi
- Munroe Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mount Independence: 0.4 mi
- Turners Hill: 0.8 mi
- Merriam Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Ephraim: 1.1 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 0.5 mi
- vernal pool: 2.7 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 3.2 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 3.3 mi
- Paul Revere Capture Site: 3.4 mi
- Upper Vine Brook Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Brown Homestead: 0.6 mi
- Lexington Conservation Commission: 0.7 mi
- Dunback Meadow Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Town Land: 0.8 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 1.5 mi
- Idylwilde Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- The Kindness Rocks Project: 4.8 mi
- Courtyard: 5.0 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 5.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 3.8 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 7.7 mi
- Baby Beach: 9.0 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 9.9 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 11.1 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Crag 1: 6.9 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 7.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 3.9 mi
- Valley Shelter: 4.0 mi
- Boathouse: 18.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.1 mi
- Rainshed: 18.2 mi
- Boston Light: 18.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 14.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 17.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 13.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 19.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Haywardville: 6.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | SSW 211° | 135 m | 3.9 mi |
| Little Prospect | SSW 210° | 133 m | 4.1 mi |
| Whipple Hill | ENE 77° | 110 m | 1.6 mi |
| Loring Hill | W 278° | 109 m | 1.1 mi |
| Granny Hill | NNW 344° | 108 m | 1.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 98° | 107 m | 2.1 mi |
| Zion Hill | NE 54° | 107 m | 2.2 mi |
| Fullers Hill | WSW 242° | 105 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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