Museum · Delaware
Bowers Beach Maritime Museum
Bowers Beach Maritime Museum is a museum in Delaware, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. The nearest named place is North Bowers Beach Community Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
human settlement in Kent County, Delaware, United States of America
Wikidata Q49346934, matched on coordinates and name (75 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates39.05966, -75.40226
- 17.4 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 26.1 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- North Bowers Beach Community Park: 0.1 mi
- Scotton Landing: 3.6 mi
- Liberty Park: 5.9 mi
- Olde Field Playground: 6.2 mi
- Olde Field Gazeebo: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 51
- John Dickinson House: 3.8 mi
- C-5A Galaxy: 4.9 mi
- U-3A "Blue Canoe": 4.9 mi
- C-60 Lodestar: 4.9 mi
- UH-1H Iroquois: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Museums: 20
- Air Mobility Command Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hangar 1301: 5.0 mi
- Air Mobility Command Museum: 5.0 mi
- The Old State House: 9.3 mi
- Biggs Museum of American Art: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 17
- Kent County Veterans Monument: 8.7 mi
- Bayonets of the Revolution: 9.2 mi
- Fireman's Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 9.3 mi
- Cross Ledge Light: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 6
- Slaughter Beach: 10.7 mi
- Fortescue Beach: 17.5 mi
- Thompsons Beach: 23.7 mi
- Lewes Public Beach: 24.2 mi
- Higbee Beach: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 11.4 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 15.0 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 16.3 mi
- East Point Lighthouse: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- New Market: 17.4 mi
- Banning: 18.6 mi
- Owens Station: 18.8 mi
- Saint Johnstown: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 2
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 10.2 mi
- Delaware Highway Memorial Garden: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 21.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366753379
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