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Somerville Historical Museum

Somerville Historical Museum from directly overhead

Somerville Historical Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

About

The story

city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1630.

Wikidata Q49199, matched on coordinates and name (393 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 24 m

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.38697, -71.10473

2.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
3.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
23.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
Eagle Rock · 26 mi
Lookout Point · 29 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Central Hill: 0.2 mi
Spring Hill: 0.2 mi
Spring Hill: 0.3 mi
Winter Hill: 0.6 mi
Prospect Hill: 0.7 mi

Parks

Bailey Park: 0.2 mi
Hoyt-Sullivan Playground: 0.3 mi
Morse-Kelley Playground: 0.3 mi
West Conway Park: 0.3 mi
East Conway Park: 0.3 mi

Gardens

Community Garden: 0.3 mi
Community Growing Center: 0.4 mi
Native Pollinator Garden: 0.7 mi
Concord Ave Community Space: 0.8 mi
Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.9 mi

Historic sites

George Dilboy: 0.3 mi
Somerville Honor Roll: 0.3 mi
Ghost Bike - Jean Leonard: 0.4 mi
SP4 Daniel J. Ryan Square: 0.6 mi
Union Army Recruiting Site: 0.6 mi

Artworks

Dyanna: 0.4 mi
Hudson Labyrinth: 0.4 mi
Elly the Elephant: 0.6 mi
George the Giraffe & Big Poppy: 0.6 mi
Somerville Gateway Mural: 0.7 mi

Museums

Semitic Museum: 0.8 mi
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 0.8 mi
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: 0.8 mi
Harvard Museum of Natural History: 0.8 mi
Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum: 0.8 mi

Nature reserves

Attractions

Harvard Square: 1.2 mi
Charles Riverboat Company: 1.9 mi
Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.2 mi
Boston Duck Tours: 2.2 mi
National Historic Chemical Marker: 2.5 mi

Beaches

Borggaard Beach: 5.0 mi
Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.6 mi
Short Beach: 6.3 mi
Corinha Beach: 6.4 mi
Revere Beach: 6.4 mi

Cliffs48

Crag 1: 3.9 mi
Lunch Wall: 5.5 mi
Temple Overhangs: 5.6 mi
Lookout Cliff: 5.6 mi
Lower Cliff: 5.6 mi

Picnic sites24

Pine Knoll: 5.7 mi
Oak Lea: 5.7 mi
Nature's Pavilion: 5.9 mi
Picnic Site 1: 7.5 mi
Valley Shelter: 7.7 mi

Lighthouses6

Boathouse: 11.6 mi
Keeper's Dwelling: 11.6 mi
Oil Shed: 11.7 mi
Rainshed: 11.7 mi
Boston Light: 11.7 mi

Rest areas4

Commissioners Landing: 2.5 mi
Westwood Rest Area: 12.0 mi
State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.9 mi
State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.9 mi

Springs3

Quarry Spring: 3.4 mi
Pakomet Spring: 12.5 mi
Mystery Spring: 20.5 mi

Waterfalls3

Cascade Falls: 4.3 mi
Rock Falls: 13.9 mi
Wamesit Falls: 19.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Haywardville: 5.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Somerville Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Turkey Hill	NW 312°	107 m	4.7 mi
Single Tree Hill	SSW 209°	100 m	5.0 mi
Waban Hill	SW 227°	98 m	4.8 mi
Mount Gilboa	NW 305°	95 m	4.9 mi
Cairn Hill	NNE 13°	92 m	4.1 mi
Wellington Hill	WNW 284°	91 m	4.5 mi
Chestnut Hill	SW 217°	86 m	4.9 mi
Arlington Heights Hills	WNW 299°	85 m	4.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:49	18:20	18:57
June solstice	05:08	19:43	20:26
September equinox	06:32	18:07	18:44
December solstice	07:11	15:30	16:15

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	30	32	38	49	58	68	74	73	66	55	45	36
Precip in	3.4	3.2	4.2	3.6	3.2	3.9	3.3	3.2	3.6	4.0	3.7	4.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781091

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