Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum
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
How to reach it
- On the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Independence Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 3 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 10 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Essex Shipbuilding Museum: 0.0 mi
- Trask House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Ipswich Museum: 4.2 mi
- CAM Green: 5.4 mi
- Hammond Castle Museum: 5.5 mi
- 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
- Phillips Cr: 0.5 mi
- Tyler Conservation Restriction: 0.6 mi
- Allyn-Cox Reservation: 0.8 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.8 mi
- Corbett Property: 0.9 mi
- 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
- Cobb Memorial Bench: 1.9 mi
- Masconomet Burial Site: 2.0 mi
- Reservoir: 3.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 3.9 mi
- Stoney Point: 3.2 mi
- Crane Beach: 3.6 mi
- Coffins Beach: 3.8 mi
- Coffins Beach: 4.0 mi
- Steep Hill Beach: 4.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 6.2 mi
- Winslow II: 9.6 mi
- Samantha "Bewitched" Statue: 9.7 mi
- Communion with Us: 9.7 mi
- Gregory Island: 2.1 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Town Head: 4.5 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Great Neck: 5.1 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 6.2 mi
- Ramp: 10.3 mi
- Boathouse: 10.3 mi
- Utility Building: 10.3 mi
- Cistern: 10.3 mi
- 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
- Rail Spring: 10.2 mi
- Lion's Spring: 18.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 21.4 mi
- Newbury Falls: 11.1 mi
- Hampton Falls: 19.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.9 mi
- Dogtown: 6.0 mi
- Haywardville: 19.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | ESE 121° | 78 m | 2.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NW 308° | 74 m | 5.5 mi |
| Red Rock | ESE 113° | 70 m | 2.9 mi |
| Morse Hill | SSE 155° | 62 m | 2.4 mi |
| Browns Hill | WSW 248° | 61 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bush Hill | NW 305° | 61 m | 5.0 mi |
| Long Hill | SSE 148° | 60 m | 3.7 mi |
| Eveleth Hill | WSW 258° | 57 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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 | 27 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367781150
Day trips start here
- Essex · 0 mi
- North Shore · 2 mi
- Hamilton · 3 mi
- Manchester · 4 mi
- Ipswich · 5 mi
- Gloucester · 6 mi
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