Fort McClary Blockhouse
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Fort McClary Blockhouse is a historic site in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort McClary, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Coastal Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Fort McClary is a former defensive fortification of the United States military located along the southern coast at Kittery Point, Maine at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. It was used throughout the 19th century to protect approaches to the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. The property and its surviving structures are now owned and operated by the State of Maine as Fort McClary State Historic Site, including a blockhouse dating from 1844.
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Dates from 1808.
Wikidata Q1438618, matched on coordinates and name (158 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Independence Byway
- 20.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Emery Park: 1.3 mi
- Fort Foster Park: 1.4 mi
- Rogers Park: 1.7 mi
- John Paul Jones Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Fort McClary: 0.0 mi
- Lady Pepperell House Museum: 0.4 mi
- New Castle, NH Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Wood Island Life Saving Station: 1.4 mi
- Kittery Historical and Naval Museum: 2.2 mi
- Rifleman's House: 0.0 mi
- Grave of William Pepperrell: 0.3 mi
- Fort William and Mary: 0.7 mi
- USS Grayling Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Fort Stark State Historic Site: 1.7 mi
- Boatswain Hill: 1.3 mi
- Forty Acre Hill: 2.4 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 3.4 mi
- Bolt Hill: 4.2 mi
- Cutts: 0.8 mi
- Fairchild Conservation Easement: 1.0 mi
- Kittery Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Thompson Easement: 1.4 mi
- Moulton Farm: 1.8 mi
- Trial Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 2.2 mi
- Victory Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 2.3 mi
- Crescent Beach: 2.3 mi
- Seapoint Beach: 2.4 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 3.9 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 4.3 mi
- Harbor Beach: 5.0 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 2.0 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 2.1 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 2.1 mi
- Bones: 2.5 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 0.7 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 2.5 mi
- Take Flight: 3.3 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 4.9 mi
- Wagon: 8.8 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 12.0 mi
- Second Falls: 12.1 mi
- Packer's Falls: 12.3 mi
- Hayes Falls: 13.1 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 13.3 mi
- Dover Bluff: 7.9 mi
- York Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 11.8 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 16.7 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Birthday Bay: 4.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 9.7 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 9.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 12.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 12.7 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 0.7 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 0.7 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
- Front Range Light: 20.3 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 14.1 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 16.2 mi
- Lion's Spring: 20.4 mi
- Rail Spring: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Fort McClary Blockhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | N 5° | 210 m | 9.8 mi |
| Second Hill | N 7° | 167 m | 10.4 mi |
| Third Hill | NNW 331° | 104 m | 7.3 mi |
| Norman Hill | N 0° | 103 m | 11.0 mi |
| Horse Hills | N 359° | 98 m | 8.5 mi |
| Groundnut Hill | NNE 18° | 93 m | 9.3 mi |
| Stratham Hill | WSW 252° | 88 m | 9.6 mi |
| Great Hill | NW 324° | 87 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:25 | 16:11 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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