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Woods Hole Historical Museum

Woods Hole Historical Museum from directly overhead

Woods Hole Historical Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Woods Holl, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

census-designated place in town of Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q747172, matched on coordinates and name (532 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Seasonal: Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.52350, -70.66785

18.3 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
29.4 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Woods Hole Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
Taft's Playground: 0.4 mi
WHOI - Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
Falmouth Town Green: 3.3 mi
Shiverick's Pond Pathway: 3.4 mi

Beaches

Garbage Beach: 0.3 mi
"Dinghy" Beach: 0.5 mi
Stoney Beach: 0.5 mi
Nobska Beach: 0.6 mi
Public Beach Buzzards Bay: 1.4 mi

Nature reserves

Peaks

Nobska Hill: 0.8 mi
The Knob: 1.3 mi
Mount Sod: 1.6 mi
Riddle Hill: 2.7 mi
Swifts Hill: 3.3 mi

Historic sites52

Woods Holl: 0.2 mi
Nobska Lighthouse: 0.8 mi
Katharine Lee Bates: 3.4 mi
Falmouth Police Memorial: 4.0 mi
Soldiers Memorial: 7.4 mi

Museums38

Falmouth Museums on the Green: 3.3 mi
Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 5.7 mi
Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 6.0 mi
Martha's Vineyard Museum: 6.2 mi
Cottage Museum: 7.3 mi

Attractions27

Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 0.2 mi
The Liberté: 3.4 mi
Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 4.0 mi
Flying Horses Carousel: 7.3 mi
Polly Hill Arboretum: 8.8 mi

Cliffs21

Gardens17

Garden of Our Lady: 0.3 mi
Spohr Public Gardens: 1.9 mi
Colonial Gardens: 3.3 mi
Mashpee Community Garden: 12.8 mi
Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 15.4 mi

Artworks12

Helen Keller: 0.2 mi
Whale Tail: 0.3 mi
Rachel Carson: 0.3 mi
Buddha: 9.6 mi
Tree of Bike: 9.9 mi

Lighthouses7

Rest areas5

Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
truck pull-off: 18.5 mi
truck pull-off: 18.6 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 22.6 mi
truck pull-off: 24.8 mi

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 16.0 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.1 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 14.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Woods Hole Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Peaked Hill	SSW 198°	94.8 m	12.1 mi
Pine Hill	NNE 22°	93 m	13.8 mi
Telegraph Hill	NNE 33°	85 m	17.3 mi
Flatrock Hill	NNE 23°	82 m	17.3 mi
Avery Hill	NNE 21°	80 m	15.5 mi
Prospect Hill	SSW 201°	78 m	11.6 mi
Discovery Hill	NE 37°	77 m	17.3 mi
Deer Horn Hill	NNE 23°	71 m	10.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:18	18:55
June solstice	05:10	19:39	20:21
September equinox	06:31	18:05	18:42
December solstice	07:07	15:32	16:16

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	32	33	37	47	56	65	72	72	66	56	46	38

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/207985670

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