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The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center from directly overhead

The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Trask Mountain stands 527 m to the west-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.40740, -70.21029

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Round Pond Access: 1.8 mi
  • Livermore Falls Recreation Park: 4.5 mi
  • Boofy Quimby Memorial Center: 5.0 mi
  • Frog Pond Park: 5.0 mi
  • Mill Hill Park: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 21
  • war memorial: 12.7 mi
  • Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 18.5 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 18.5 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 18.5 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 19.6 mi
Museums: 14
Gardens: 10
  • Middle School Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • UMF Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Rumford Community Garden: 19.5 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 20.2 mi
  • The Atsuko Hirai Lantern and Garden: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Stinchfield Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Richardson's Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Town Beach: 12.7 mi
  • East Winthrop Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Tyler’s Pond Beach: 19.2 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Fisher Man: 12.7 mi
  • Leaf Sculpture: 18.3 mi
  • Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 19.1 mi
  • Civilian Conservation Corps: 22.2 mi
  • Samantha Smith: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Oxford County Fairground: 21.8 mi
  • Liberty Bell: 22.2 mi
  • Dr Hubbard Office: 22.3 mi
  • Dummer House: 22.3 mi
  • Oxford Casino: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Rumford Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Bond Brook Falls: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cooper Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Trask MountainWNW 293°527 m8.4 mi
Canton MountainNNW 327°472 m8.3 mi
Thompson MountainWNW 283°441 m9.1 mi
Browns MountainWNW 285°416 m9.2 mi
Thorne MountainWNW 294°411 m7.3 mi
Allen HillWNW 302°390 m8.6 mi
Bear MountainSW 228°357 m4.4 mi
Hayford HillSW 233°346 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5719:4520:30
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1515:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415362686658463524
Precip in3.43.13.74.13.44.53.93.83.55.24.34.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Falls 1 E, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4482384153

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