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Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum

Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum from directly overhead

Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Blackstrap Hill stands 151 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Ministerial Island CCLT easement, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 27 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

What to expect

Operated by
State of Maine;Friends of Peary's Eagle Island

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.71229, -70.05203

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Kennedy Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Suprise Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Chandler Cove Beach: 3.7 mi
  • East End Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Sea Cove Beach: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Mackerel Cove Lot: 3.0 mi
  • Town Land: 3.6 mi
  • Sunset Landing: 4.4 mi
  • Mitchell Field: 4.8 mi
  • Little Chebeague Island: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Jewell Island Military Reservation: 3.4 mi
  • Battery Abbot: 6.9 mi
  • Schooner Windfall: 7.2 mi
  • Eartha: 8.7 mi
  • Fort Levett: 8.8 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 8.0 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 8.2 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Thunderhole: 2.9 mi
  • Big Indian: 8.6 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 10.3 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 10.3 mi
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 10.4 mi
Artworks: 47
Museums: 37
Cliffs: 7
  • White Head Cliff: 8.3 mi
  • The Cliffs: 8.4 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 8.9 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 9.2 mi
  • Morse Point: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • First Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstrap HillWNW 284°151 m13.8 mi
Leighton HillW 280°145 m14.2 mi
Bradbury MountainNNW 334°143 m14.7 mi
Bruce HillNW 306°136 m13.3 mi
Walnut HillNW 310°129 m13.5 mi
Blackstrap HillW 280°129 m13.7 mi
Marston HillNW 326°108 m14.6 mi
Hedgehog MountainNNW 341°85 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4220:26
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1009367683

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