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Coffin House

Coffin House from directly overhead

Coffin House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is March's Hill, a park 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
14 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.80002, -70.86331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • March's Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.2 mi
  • Perkins Park & Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.5 mi
  • Joppa Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Wolf's Den Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Adams Place Hill: 1.9 mi
  • LIttle Old Town Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Old Town Hill: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • George Washington: 0.7 mi
  • Independent Marine Company Plack: 0.8 mi
  • Watts' Cellar: 0.9 mi
  • Cliff and Marie Walker Memorial Bench: 0.9 mi
  • Don Burlingame Memorial Bench: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 0.8 mi
  • Sparrows: 0.8 mi
  • Clyde: 0.8 mi
  • Eclipse: 0.9 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Market Square: 0.8 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 2.5 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 7.3 mi
  • Corn Maze: 8.0 mi
  • The Rockery: 11.7 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 3.8 mi
  • The Knobbs: 5.8 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 17
  • Sheep's Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Great Neck: 7.2 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 8.1 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Stratham Town Landing: 14.8 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 16.7 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 16.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 16.7 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Newbury Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 5.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.8 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 9.5 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Coffin House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNW 320°99 m5.9 mi
Chair HillNW 325°93 m7.4 mi
Sawyers HillNW 311°91 m7.6 mi
Ring HillNW 307°80.72 m7.4 mi
Bear HillWNW 295°80 m7.9 mi
Brake HillW 259°78.64 m7.3 mi
Prospect HillSSW 192°77 m6.8 mi
Crow HillWSW 257°76.81 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/214717220

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