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Winthrop Public Library and Museum

Winthrop Public Library and Museum from directly overhead

Winthrop Public Library and Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Metcalf Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

About

The story

public library in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA

Wikidata Q69863624, matched on coordinates and name (94 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
12 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37761, -70.98412

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Metcalf Square: 0.0 mi
  • Metcalf Square: 0.0 mi
  • Ingleside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Brook Field: 0.3 mi
  • Thornton Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 0.1 mi
  • Heart of the Ocean: 2.4 mi
  • Donald McKay: 2.5 mi
  • Hope and Resistance: 2.6 mi
  • Fight the Rise: 2.6 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Cottage Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Orient Heights: 1.5 mi
  • Youngs Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Bellingham: 2.5 mi
  • Camp Hill: 2.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pine Knoll: 7.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 7.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 7.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.5 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 4.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 20.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Quarry Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Winthrop Public Library and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillNW 312°92 m7.0 mi
Burrill HillN 359°87 m7.8 mi
Boojum RockNW 310°83 m6.6 mi
Mount HoodNNW 334°79 m5.7 mi
Pinnacle RockNW 312°76 m6.4 mi
Black RockNW 314°75 m6.5 mi
Rocky HillNNW 340°74.4 m7.7 mi
Mount MoriahN 354°74 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781133

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