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Ashtabula Maritime & Surface Transportation Museum

Ashtabula Maritime & Surface Transportation Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Owens Mound stands 363 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Over 25,000 maritime, railroad, Hulett, Titanic, Naval and Coast Guard historic items on display.

The story

museum in Ashtabuly, Ohio, USA

Dates from 1984-06-02.

Wikidata Q116454649, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.90165, -80.79974

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Point Park: 0.0 mi
  • Coast Guard Park: 0.1 mi
  • Walnut Beach Park: 0.4 mi
  • Massucci Field: 0.8 mi
  • Brooker Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Ohio DOT Workers: 12.9 mi
  • Unionville War Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Battle Tank: 15.0 mi
Museums: 5
Artworks: 5
  • 18′ Short: 10.4 mi
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn Painting: 14.2 mi
  • Chew Mail Pouch Tobbacco Mural: 16.1 mi
  • "Jansons" Painted Sign: 16.1 mi
  • Holiday Camplands Wagon: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Ohio Welcome Center: 12.9 mi
  • Weigh Station: 13.1 mi
  • Rest Area SR-11 Colebrook: 23.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Hogback Point: 15.7 mi
  • Owens Mound: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Conneaut Beach: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Paine Falls: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ashtabula Maritime & Surface Transportation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Owens MoundSSE 153°363 m21.9 mi
Hogback PointSW 227°231 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5919:35
June solstice05:4920:2021:03
September equinox07:1118:4619:22
December solstice07:4816:1116:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262835475866706962524132
Precip in1.91.72.43.43.33.74.33.63.93.73.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashtabula CO AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/894969663

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