Lincoln County Museum
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Lincoln County Museum is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Beech Hill stands 165 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherman Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
The story
The Wiscasset Jail and Museum is a historic jail on at 133 Federal Street (Maine State Route 218) in Wiscasset, Maine. Built in 1811, it is one Maine's oldest surviving jail buildings, serving as the state's first penitentiary between 1820 and 1824. It is now a museum operated by the Lincoln County Historical Society as the 1811 Lincoln County Museum and Old Jail. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
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Wikidata Q8027081, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lincoln County Historical Association
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sherman Park: 0.3 mi
- Wiscasset Community Park: 0.7 mi
- Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Sherman Lake Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Wright Landing: 3.8 mi
- Midcoast Conservancy Land: 1.4 mi
- Clough Point Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Griggs Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Singing Meadows Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Cushman Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Cushman Hill: 2.4 mi
- Haggett Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Hunger: 3.8 mi
- Doggett Castle: 4.5 mi
- Ozone Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Nickels-Sortwell House: 0.6 mi
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum: 3.9 mi
- Center School: 5.3 mi
- Newcastle Historical Center: 6.4 mi
- Chapman-Hall House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Castle Tucker: 0.8 mi
- Fort Edgecomb: 1.2 mi
- Bristol War Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Boothbay World War II Honor Role: 9.4 mi
- Boothbay Civil War Soldier Monument: 9.4 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 6.5 mi
- Goats: 7.8 mi
- Antique Engine Display: 7.8 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge History: 7.8 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 9.4 mi
- Sand Cove Beach: 12.9 mi
- Cole Beach: 12.9 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach: 12.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.6 mi
- Hotel Beach: 13.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.6 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 9.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 10.9 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Hockomock Head: 9.1 mi
- The Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Morse Point: 20.2 mi
- Burnt Head: 24.6 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 24.6 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 11.0 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 11.1 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 22.2 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Lincoln County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Hill | N 355° | 165 m | 13.9 mi |
| Blinn Hill | N 353° | 135 m | 7.8 mi |
| Palmer Hill | N 4° | 125 m | 8.9 mi |
| Dyer Hill | NNE 27° | 125 m | 11.0 mi |
| Crocker Hill | N 6° | 120 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ring Hill | NW 317° | 116 m | 13.8 mi |
| Brooks Turner Hill | NNE 22° | 113 m | 16.1 mi |
| Jones Hill | NNE 18° | 111 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:16 | 16:04 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wiscasset AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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