Menhaden Fishing Industry
Menhaden Fishing Industry is a historic site in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Bottom Hills stands 0 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewes Life-Saving Station, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- The Atlantic Menhaden is a small herring-like fish found in the coastal waters of the Eastern United States. Used by Native Americans to fertilize crops, these oily fish were also used by European settlers to produce fuel for lamps.....
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Overfalls: 0.0 mi
- SS Atlantus: 14.6 mi
- Concrete Ship: 14.7 mi
- World War II Lookout Tower: 14.8 mi
- Elaine's Famous Dinner Theater: 15.9 mi
- Lewes Little League Fields: 0.0 mi
- Lewes Canal Front Park and Marina: 0.1 mi
- Mary Vessels Park: 0.2 mi
- 1812 Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Otis Smith Park: 0.3 mi
- Lewes Life-Saving Station: 0.0 mi
- The Lewes Historical Society Main Campus: 0.1 mi
- The Lewes Maritime Museum at the Cannonball House: 0.2 mi
- Zwaanendael Museum: 0.3 mi
- Fort Miles Interpretive Site: 2.7 mi
- The Blizzard of 1888: 0.0 mi
- Lightship Overfalls: 0.0 mi
- Lightship Overfalls: 0.0 mi
- The Legacy of Ted Freeman: 0.9 mi
- Zwaanendael Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Eolyne K Tunnell Nature Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Redden State Forest - Long Tract: 11.1 mi
- Pemberton Forest Nature Preserve - Ponders Tract: 12.2 mi
- Redden State Forest - Marvel Tract: 12.8 mi
- Redden State Forest - Bailey Tract: 16.0 mi
- Lewes Public Beach: 0.8 mi
- Bayside Beach: 11.6 mi
- Slaughter Beach: 13.4 mi
- Sunset Beach: 15.0 mi
- The Cove: 15.3 mi
- Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 11.8 mi
- Ice Cream Statue: 17.6 mi
- Spinosaurus: 17.7 mi
- Triceratops: 17.7 mi
- Douglas A. Munro: 18.0 mi
- New Market: 13.9 mi
- South Cape May: 15.1 mi
- Banning: 20.3 mi
- Owens Station: 20.8 mi
- Saint Johnstown: 23.5 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 14.5 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 16.0 mi
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 24.3 mi
- Hereford Lighthouse: 24.6 mi
- Hereford Inlet Light: 24.6 mi
- Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 15.4 mi
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 18.0 mi
- Bottom Hills: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Menhaden Fishing Industry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom Hills | SSE 161° | 0 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewes, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8740252991
Day trips start here
- Rehoboth Beach · 5 mi
- Cape May · 17 mi
- Wildwood · 23 mi
- Magnolia · 27 mi
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