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Custom House

Custom House from directly overhead

Custom House is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 7.6 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Sag Harbor was an important port of entry since 1789, servicing whalers, coasters, and West Indian trade ships. Henry Packer Dering, Sag Harbor’s first United States Custom Master, acquired the property in the early 1790s.

About

The story

Historic house on Long Island, New York, U.S.

Wikidata Q5196385, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1789
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Preservation Long Island

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.99823, -72.29753

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John Steinbeck Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Windmill Beach Park: 0.3 mi
  • Marine Park: 0.3 mi
  • Otter Pond Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mashashimuet Park: 0.6 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 47
Peaks: 44
  • Powder Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Browns Hills: 10.7 mi
  • Shinnecock Hills: 11.5 mi
  • Oregon Hills: 12.6 mi
  • Whale Hill: 13.0 mi
Museums: 43
  • Sag Harbor Whaling Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Sag Harbor Fireman's Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Childrens Museum of the East End: 3.5 mi
  • South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center: 3.5 mi
  • Bridgehampton Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Rain Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Rock Garden: 23.0 mi
  • West Garden: 23.1 mi
  • East Garden: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Custom House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWSW 249°88 m23.0 mi
Lord HillN 354°83 m25.0 mi
Mares HillNNW 343°79 m24.6 mi
Flanders HillWSW 242°70 m18.2 mi
Prospect HillNNW 347°66 m22.2 mi
Myer HillN 357°64 m24.8 mi
Cheney HillNNW 348°63 m24.4 mi
Viney HillNNW 347°62 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1819:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1115:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313238475666727164544436
Precip in4.03.64.94.33.63.93.23.94.84.73.85.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgehampton, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 73001274OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/473208530

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