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Friendship Museum

Friendship Museum from directly overhead

Friendship Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Ragged Mountain stands 390 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nelson Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away.

The story

town in Knox County, Maine, United States

Dates from 1807.

Wikidata Q3448496, matched on coordinates and name (421 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
19 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.98730, -69.33505

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 42
  • Cushing Historical Society: 3.9 mi
  • Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Saint George Historical Society: 6.4 mi
  • Waldoborough Historical Society: 8.1 mi
  • Thomaston Historical Society: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 29
  • Walker's Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Drift Inn Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Lucia Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Crockett's Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 24
  • La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 9.1 mi
  • The Wall: 9.4 mi
  • Prison Show Room: 9.5 mi
  • Damariscotta River Cruises: 10.4 mi
  • Sumaria Event Center: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Recycle Art: 7.3 mi
  • Sphere: 13.7 mi
  • Lobster: 13.8 mi
  • Seagull: 13.9 mi
  • Puffin Wall: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 20
Gardens: 7
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 1
  • Wiley's Corner Spring: 7.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Friendship Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ragged MountainNNE 30°390 m18.1 mi
Bald MountainNNE 30°384 m19.4 mi
Little Ragged Mountain SummitNNE 29°375 m18.6 mi
Pleasant MountainNNE 29°313 m15.8 mi
Spruce MountainNNE 30°291 m16.4 mi
Coggans HillN 4°245 m18.1 mi
Barrett HillNNE 14°208 m16.8 mi
Dodge MountainNE 43°201 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1218:50
June solstice04:5519:4020:24
September equinox06:2517:5918:37
December solstice07:1015:1516:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834435259656560514133
Precip in4.03.54.54.23.53.83.12.84.04.74.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tenants Harbor, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/367795387

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