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The Telephone Museum

The Telephone Museum from directly overhead

The Telephone Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Landry Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

history & Teaching Museum in Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 2016.

Wikidata Q55106557, matched on coordinates and name (22 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Telephone Museum, Inc.

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37128, -71.23708

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Landry Park: 0.1 mi
  • Riverwalk Park: 0.2 mi
  • Peter Gilmore Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Chemistry Station Park: 0.3 mi
  • Thompson Playground: 0.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veterans Circle of Remembrance: 0.3 mi
  • General Nathaniel P. Banks: 0.3 mi
  • Civil War Soldier's Monument: 0.3 mi
  • City of Waltham Centennial Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • The Hiker: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Feake: 0.7 mi
  • Moffatt Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Winthrop Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Little Prospect: 1.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 9.3 mi
  • North Beach: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 46
  • Lunch Wall: 4.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 4.3 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 4.6 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 11: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 1.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of The Telephone Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNW 325°135 m1.5 mi
Little ProspectNW 316°133 m1.3 mi
Reeves HillWSW 253°122 m6.1 mi
Whipple HillNNE 29°110 m5.6 mi
Loring HillN 0°109 m4.7 mi
Doublet HillSW 231°108 m2.5 mi
Granny HillN 9°108 m5.7 mi
Turkey HillNE 38°107 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5563193750

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