Customs House Museum
Customs House Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Keeling Hill stands 246 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Remember My Name, a garden 0.1 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
Clarksville, Tennessee, former customs house and former post office
Dates from 1890s.
Wikidata Q5196501, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1898
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
107 named places within 25 miles
- Remember My Name: 0.1 mi
- Murtland Field: 0.7 mi
- Norman Smith Playground: 0.8 mi
- Clarksville Riverwalk: 0.9 mi
- Freedom Point at Liberty Park: 1.1 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Pillar of Cloud and Fire: 0.2 mi
- Austin Peay State University: 0.5 mi
- Renfroe's Station: 9.0 mi
- Gander Memorial: 9.4 mi
- As The River Flows: 0.8 mi
- Sevier Station Park: 1.5 mi
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum: 9.4 mi
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum: 9.4 mi
- Historic Collinsville: 11.3 mi
- Gallion Hill: 17.1 mi
- Brigham Hill: 18.3 mi
- Frazier Hill: 20.7 mi
- Whisky Hill: 21.8 mi
- Keeling Hill: 23.3 mi
- Remember My Name: 0.1 mi
- APSU Botanical Garden: 0.6 mi
- SRU Garden: 8.3 mi
- SRU Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
- Smith-Trahern Mansion: 0.7 mi
- Excape Games: 5.5 mi
- Historic Bell Witch Cave: 17.1 mi
- King and Queens Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 12.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.7 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
- Window to the World: 0.2 mi
- Green Man: 0.6 mi
- APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 3.0 mi
- Balthrop Park: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Customs House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeling Hill | NNE 13° | 246 m | 23.3 mi |
| Gallion Hill | S 170° | 220 m | 17.1 mi |
| Frazier Hill | E 93° | 198 m | 20.7 mi |
| Whisky Hill | ESE 123° | 195 m | 21.8 mi |
| Brigham Hill | WSW 257° | 190 m | 18.3 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | W 261° | 166 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:33 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 72001246OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Clarksville Federal Building, reference 72001246, listed 06/13/72.
OpenStreetMap element way/239165927
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