American Independence Museum
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American Independence Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Chair Hill stands 93 m to the south, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ladd-Gilman House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Independence Byway runs past it.
The story
The American Independence Museum is a historic house museum located in Exeter, New Hampshire. Its 1-acre (0.40 ha) campus includes two buildings: the Ladd-Gilman House, a registered National Historic Landmark built in 1721 by Nathaniel Ladd, and the Folsom Tavern, listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places and built in 1775 by Colonel Samuel Folsom. The museum was opened in 1991 after a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence known as a Dunlap Broadside was found in the Ladd-Gilman house, 200 years after its arrival in Exeter. It is the centerpiece of the museum’s collection. The museum’s mission is “Connecting America’s Revolutionary past with the present.”
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1991.
Wikidata Q4744084, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Independence Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 15 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ladd-Gilman House: 0.0 mi
- Folsom Tavern: 0.0 mi
- Exeter Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- Gilman Garrison House: 0.2 mi
- Exeter Fire Museum: 0.2 mi
- State Treasury: 0.0 mi
- John Templeton: 0.0 mi
- Mary & Frank Connell: 0.1 mi
- Historic Black-Owned Building: 0.1 mi
- Jeremiah Smith House: 0.1 mi
- Robert H. Stewart Waterfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Exeter Gas Works: 0.2 mi
- Town House Common: 0.2 mi
- Swasey Parkway: 0.2 mi
- Founders Park: 0.2 mi
- Powder House: 0.3 mi
- New England Dragway: 4.8 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 8.8 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 9.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.6 mi
- Stratham Heights: 2.0 mi
- Shaws Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Rollins Hill: 2.8 mi
- Morrissette Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Henderson-Swasey Town Forest: 1.1 mi
- McDonnell Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- Scammon Forest: 1.5 mi
- Smith-Page Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 4.1 mi
- The Colonial Gardens at the Weeks Brick House: 6.7 mi
- Bedrock Gardens: 9.0 mi
- MUB Garden: 10.6 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 10.9 mi
- North Beach: 8.5 mi
- Plaice Cove: 8.5 mi
- Plaice Cove Beach: 8.6 mi
- Newton Town Beach: 8.6 mi
- Hampton Beach: 8.7 mi
- Milbuie: 0.2 mi
- Founders Gate: 0.2 mi
- Scatwell: 0.4 mi
- Why We Love Newmarket: 6.8 mi
- Girder Sculpture: 10.5 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 10.2 mi
- Upper Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Lower Slabs: 14.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 15.0 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 15.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 0.2 mi
- Great Falls: 0.2 mi
- Hampton Falls: 6.4 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 7.0 mi
- Wadleigh's Falls: 8.1 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 1.9 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 4.8 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 4.9 mi
- Front Pavilion: 5.0 mi
- Birthday Bay: 9.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 5.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 5.5 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 7.8 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 11.4 mi
- Front Range Light: 12.5 mi
- Oil House: 13.6 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 13.6 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 13.6 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 0.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 8.9 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 14.0 mi
- Rail Spring: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of American Independence Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair Hill | S 179° | 93 m | 6.5 mi |
| Indian Ground Hill | S 189° | 91 m | 5.7 mi |
| Morse Hill | SSW 213° | 91 m | 5.8 mi |
| Moulton Ridge | SSW 205° | 90 m | 3.2 mi |
| Stratham Hill | NE 37° | 88 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 330° | 83 m | 5.9 mi |
| Martin Hill | SSW 196° | 82 m | 4.7 mi |
| Great Hill | WSW 243° | 81 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:26 | 16:13 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1214394155
Day trips start here
- Amesbury · 9 mi
- Portsmouth · 11 mi
- Newburyport · 12 mi
- Dover · 15 mi
- Groveland · 16 mi
- Haverhill · 16 mi
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