Custom House Maritime Museum
Custom House Maritime Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cliff and Marie Walker Memorial Bench, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
The former United States Customhouse (now the Custom House Maritime Museum) is a historic building at 25 Water Street in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The Classical Revival-style building was constructed in 1834 and served a custom house until Newburyport declined in popularity as a major port. The Newburyport Maritime Society, Inc. operates the Custom House Maritime Museum to showcase the maritime heritage of the Merrimack Valley. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is also a contributing element to the Market Square Historic District (also listed in 1971), and the Newburyport Historic District (listed in 1984).
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Wikidata Q7889707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1835
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 4.9 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Independence Byway
- 24.6 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 3 mi
- Eagle Rock · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cliff and Marie Walker Memorial Bench: 0.1 mi
- Bicentennial of the United States Coast Guard: 0.1 mi
- Don Burlingame Memorial Bench: 0.1 mi
- Promenade and Marina: 0.1 mi
- Custom House Slip: 0.1 mi
- Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.1 mi
- Central Waterfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Brown Square: 0.3 mi
- Atwood Park: 0.3 mi
- Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.1 mi
- Range Light Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Berry Labyrinth: 0.8 mi
- Alchemical Garden: 0.9 mi
- Salisbury Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Market Square: 0.1 mi
- Captain's Fishing Parties: 2.5 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 6.6 mi
- Corn Maze: 8.8 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 0.3 mi
- Newburyport Collage: 0.3 mi
- G-Swirl: 0.4 mi
- Brushstrokes: 0.4 mi
- Peace Offering: 0.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 0.7 mi
- Wolf's Den Hill: 2.3 mi
- Adams Place Hill: 2.7 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.9 mi
- LIttle Old Town Hill: 3.0 mi
- Stevens Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Ram Island State Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Joppa Flats Education Center: 1.4 mi
- Herbert E. True III Memorial Marsh: 1.5 mi
- Messenger Marsh: 1.5 mi
- Coffin House: 0.9 mi
- Lowell's Boat Shop: 3.1 mi
- Lower Green Schoolhouse: 3.4 mi
- Dole-Little House: 3.5 mi
- Bartlett Museum: 3.8 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 2.6 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 3.0 mi
- Salisbury Beach: 3.4 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 5.7 mi
- The Knobbs: 6.6 mi
- Front Range Light: 0.2 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 17.8 mi
- Ramp: 19.0 mi
- Boathouse: 19.0 mi
- Utility Building: 19.0 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 3.6 mi
- Great Neck: 8.1 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Wildcat Ledge: 12.0 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 14.0 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 15.8 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 15.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 15.9 mi
- Birthday Bay: 16.1 mi
- Newbury Falls: 5.3 mi
- Hampton Falls: 6.8 mi
- Great Falls: 12.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.4 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 19.1 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 4.7 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.4 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 8.5 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 8.7 mi
- Rail Spring: 3.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 5.7 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 12.9 mi
- Dogtown: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Custom House Maritime Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powow Hill | NW 317° | 99 m | 5.1 mi |
| Chair Hill | NW 322° | 93 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sawyers Hill | NW 307° | 91 m | 6.9 mi |
| Ring Hill | WNW 303° | 80.72 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 290° | 80 m | 7.4 mi |
| Brake Hill | WSW 252° | 78.64 m | 7.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | S 189° | 77 m | 7.5 mi |
| Crow Hill | WSW 250° | 76.81 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:27 | 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 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000089OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — US Customhouse, reference 71000089, listed 02/25/71.
OpenStreetMap element way/196729192
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