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Miah Maull Shoal Light

Miah Maull Shoal Light is a lighthouse, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Pine Mount stands 28 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross Ledge Light, a historic site 5.5 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

The Miah Maull Shoal Light is a lighthouse on the north side of the ship channel in Delaware Bay, off of Cumberland County, New Jersey on the East Coast of the United States, southwest of the mouth of the Maurice River.

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Dates from 1913.

Wikidata Q15253289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Height
18 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.12664, -75.20865

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Owls Nest Field: 11.0 mi
  • North Bowers Beach Community Park: 11.5 mi
  • Scotton Landing: 13.8 mi
  • Liberty Park: 14.6 mi
  • Hunn Nature Park: 15.5 mi
Attractions
  • John Dickinson House: 13.0 mi
  • C-5A Galaxy: 13.3 mi
  • T-33A Shooting Star: 13.3 mi
  • KC-10A Extender: 13.3 mi
  • C-60 Lodestar: 13.3 mi
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 31
  • Cross Ledge Light: 5.5 mi
  • Kent County Veterans Monument: 16.1 mi
  • Bayonets of the Revolution: 16.8 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial: 16.8 mi
  • Liberty Bell Replica: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 12
Artworks: 5
  • Ice Cream Statue: 17.5 mi
  • Douglas A. Munro: 21.3 mi
  • Shark: 22.4 mi
  • Wildwoods Sign: 23.2 mi
  • Boardwalk Arch: 24.0 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Potato Island: 18.0 mi
  • Muskee Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Pine Mount: 21.3 mi
  • Ceremony Hill: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Miah Maull Shoal Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountNNW 341°28 m21.3 mi
Muskee HillNE 47°19 m18.8 mi
Potato IslandE 99°2 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3619:5120:31
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1716:0016:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566473787670594940
Precip in3.43.14.23.73.94.64.14.94.24.13.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover, 16 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Fishing Creek entrance, NJ, 7 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/697203108

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