The Icon Museum and Study Center
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The Icon Museum and Study Center is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Ross Hill stands 245 m to the west-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
The Icon Museum and Study Center (formerly the Museum of Russian Icons) is a non-profit art museum located in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. The Icon Museum and Study Center holds the most comprehensive collection of icons and Eastern Christian art in the U.S. with special galleries and collections dedicated to Russian, Greek, Veneto-Cretan, and Ethiopian icons, spanning nearly two thousand years of art. Housed in a beautifully restored historic building in a picturesque New England mill town, the Icon Museum features five galleries, a research library, and an auditorium.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2006.
Wikidata Q6941007, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Central Park: 0.1 mi
- Carlisle Park: 0.3 mi
- Millstone Park: 0.4 mi
- Duck Harbor: 0.5 mi
- Philbin Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Morning Glory Farm: 1.3 mi
- Inner Park: 4.2 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 4.3 mi
- Systematic Garden: 4.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 0.3 mi
- Burdett Hill: 0.6 mi
- Wilson Hill: 1.2 mi
- Reubens Hill: 1.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.0 mi
- Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 0.7 mi
- Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 0.8 mi
- Wachusett Dam: 0.8 mi
- Log Chair: 1.0 mi
- Trail Marker # 141: 4.3 mi
- Clinton Bluff Natural Heritage Area: 1.0 mi
- Apple Valley Conser. Easement: 1.3 mi
- Garfield Woods: 1.5 mi
- Garfield Woods: 1.6 mi
- Plummer Gift: 1.7 mi
- Bolton War Memorial: 3.8 mi
- The Folly: 4.1 mi
- Temple of Peace: 4.1 mi
- Frank’s Column: 4.2 mi
- Benjamin Sawyer's Grist Mill: 5.4 mi
- Pan Statue: 4.3 mi
- Folly: 4.3 mi
- Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 7.4 mi
- Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 7.4 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 7.5 mi
- Harvard Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Fruitlands Museum: 7.2 mi
- West School Museum: 7.6 mi
- Shrewsbury Historical Society: 8.3 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 9.0 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 3.1 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 5.0 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 6.5 mi
- Harvard Town Beach: 7.3 mi
- Centennial Beach: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Trap Falls: 18.4 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 19.5 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 21.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 21.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 4.9 mi
- Ice Fall: 12.2 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 12.4 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 13.0 mi
- Cascades: 11.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 12.5 mi
- Trap Falls: 18.4 mi
- The Falls: 22.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 24.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 17.9 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 19.4 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of The Icon Museum and Study Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Hill | WNW 302° | 245 m | 5.0 mi |
| Rowley Hill | WNW 296° | 239 m | 5.5 mi |
| Fitch Hill | WNW 286° | 225 m | 5.1 mi |
| Redstone Hill | WNW 301° | 206 m | 3.4 mi |
| Longley Hill | S 187° | 205 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bartlett Hill | S 181° | 201 m | 6.4 mi |
| Barnes Hill | S 170° | 195 m | 3.5 mi |
| Ball Hill | S 176° | 195 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Clinton · 0 mi
- Hudson · 6 mi
- Harvard · 8 mi
- Marlborough · 8 mi
- North County · 8 mi
- Shrewsbury · 8 mi
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