Julia A Purnell Museum
Julia A Purnell Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sturgis Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Julia A. Purnell Museum is located at 208 West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. The building that houses the museum was originally the St. Agnes Catholic Church built in 1891. The museum exhibits over 500 years of local history. The museum is named after Snow Hill resident Julia A. Purnell. She was born in 1843 as Julia Anne LeCompte. She was known for her needlework pieces, making over 1,000 pieces during her 80s and 90s. Many of her pieces depicted homes, churches, and gardens in Snow Hill. Purnell died in 1943, just after her 100th birthday. In 1942, Purnell's son William opened the Julia Purnell Museum in a building on the property of his home in Snow Hill. This museum displayed some of his mother's needlework pieces. In 1957, the museum collection was moved to its current home at the old St. Agnes Catholic Church. In addition to Julia Purnell's needlework pieces, the museum houses some oddities collected by William including miniature fleas, as well as other items connected to early Snow Hill and Worcester County life.
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Dates from 2008-01-18.
Wikidata Q6306157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Selfie Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sturgis Park: 0.2 mi
- Byrd Park: 0.3 mi
- John Walter Smith Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Chandler State Game Refuge: 3.2 mi
- Girdletree Park: 5.6 mi
- Costen House Museum: 11.6 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 11.7 mi
- Boathouse: 13.1 mi
- Rackliffe House: 13.7 mi
- The Mermaid Museum: 14.1 mi
- Section 2: 13.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 19.0 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 19.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 11.1 mi
- Berlin Commercial Historic District: 14.1 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 18.6 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 19.5 mi
- Freak Out: 19.8 mi
- Great Egging Beach: 12.0 mi
- Little Egging Beach: 12.6 mi
- Bow Beach: 16.4 mi
- Sound Shore: 21.8 mi
- Wallops Beach: 22.6 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 11.6 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 11.7 mi
- Food Garden: 14.2 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 18.8 mi
- Shark: 16.0 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 16.3 mi
- Horse: 17.1 mi
- Old Starting Gate: 17.8 mi
- Tractor: 19.2 mi
- Backbone Hill: 13.6 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 14.1 mi
- Dunker Hill: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Julia A Purnell Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | WNW 296° | 12 m | 13.6 mi |
| Dunker Hill | WNW 287° | 3 m | 21.3 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | SSE 158° | 1 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snow Hill 4 N, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/956999301
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