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Menhaden Fishing Industry

Menhaden Fishing Industry from directly overhead

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

Coordinates38.77820, -75.14120

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • 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
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 23
Nature reserves: 17
Beaches: 11
Artworks: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 2
  • Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 15.4 mi
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 18.0 mi
Peaks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bottom HillsSSE 161°0 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0116:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384046566575797772615042
Precip in3.43.24.23.43.43.84.94.34.54.43.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewes, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8740252991

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