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Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum

Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum from directly overhead

Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the east-southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Essex Shipbuilding Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.63268, -70.77935

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Centennial Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Pony Express Farm Athletic Fields: 2.3 mi
  • Chebacco Lake State Boat Ramp: 2.6 mi
  • Town Beach: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Fifteen Tree Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Craft Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Whites Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Eveleth Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Willow Hill: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens
  • Cold Frames: 3.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 9.8 mi
Attractions
  • Tablet Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Greasy Pole: 5.9 mi
  • 7 Seas Whale Watch: 6.1 mi
  • Schooner Thomas E. Lannon: 6.1 mi
  • Save: 6.2 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 27
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.7 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 21.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rail Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Newbury Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnESE 121°78 m2.9 mi
Turkey HillNW 308°74 m5.5 mi
Red RockESE 113°70 m2.9 mi
Morse HillSSE 155°62 m2.4 mi
Browns HillWSW 248°61 m3.7 mi
Bush HillNW 305°61 m5.0 mi
Long HillSSE 148°60 m3.7 mi
Eveleth HillWSW 258°57 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781150

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