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Ipswich Museum

Ipswich Museum from directly overhead

Ipswich Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Prospect Hill stands 77 m to the west-northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sidney's Reservation, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway runs past it.

About

The story

census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts

Wikidata Q6065497, matched on coordinates and name (300 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1992-06-02
Visiting

What to expect

Access
restricted
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.67717, -70.83573

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sally's Pond: 0.1 mi
  • Giles Firman Park: 0.3 mi
  • Father Ryc Park: 0.4 mi
  • Daniel Boone Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bialek Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Heartbreak Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Timber Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Bush Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Scott Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Cold Frames: 3.0 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 6.3 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 6.9 mi
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 2.9 mi
  • The Rockery: 5.2 mi
  • Connors Farm: 7.0 mi
  • Market Square: 9.4 mi
  • 17: 9.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 8.8 mi
  • Clyde: 8.9 mi
  • Eclipse: 9.1 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 9.1 mi
  • Will He.: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 13.5 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 14.4 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Ipswich Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillWNW 304°77 m3.4 mi
Great HillWSW 249°75 m5.7 mi
Turkey HillWNW 283°74 m1.5 mi
Turner HillWSW 255°70 m2.8 mi
Town HillWSW 245°65 m5.9 mi
Blueberry HillWSW 242°64 m3.7 mi
Long HillWNW 295°64 m6.6 mi
Morse HillSE 143°62 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29692725

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