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Waltham Museum

Waltham Museum from directly overhead

Waltham Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northwest, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Mall, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

About

The story

city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1634.

Wikidata Q49190, matched on coordinates and name (379 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
26 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37720, -71.23537

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial Mall: 0.1 mi
  • Shriberg Lectern: 0.1 mi
  • The Hiker: 0.1 mi
  • City of Waltham Centennial Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Civil War Soldier's Monument: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Landry Park: 0.3 mi
  • Thompson Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Leary Field: 0.4 mi
  • Riverwalk Park: 0.5 mi
  • Drake Playground: 0.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
  • Mount Feake: 1.0 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Winthrop Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Little Prospect: 1.1 mi
  • Moffatt Hill: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 9.6 mi
  • North Beach: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 45
  • Lunch Wall: 4.2 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 4.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 11: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 1.2 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 1.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Waltham Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNW 310°135 m1.2 mi
Little ProspectWNW 298°133 m1.1 mi
Whipple HillNNE 30°110 m5.2 mi
Loring HillN 359°109 m4.3 mi
Doublet HillSW 225°108 m2.8 mi
Granny HillN 8°108 m5.2 mi
Turkey HillNE 40°107 m5.0 mi
Fullers HillNNW 343°105 m3.2 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 way/216432544

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