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Lowell's Boat Shop

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Elevation, modelled
3 m
Tallest summit within 5.8 miles
Powow Hill99 m · 2.0 mi
Nearest byway
Essex Coastal Scenic Byway2.9 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:26local time
Coordinates
42.8424, -70.9142

Lowell's Boat Shop is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled 3 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Golgotha Boulder, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.

Beginning in the 18th century and continuing today, Lowell's made wooden "Swampscott" dories also know as surf dories. This innovative and durable design was used commercial fishermen and the U.S. Life Saving Service/U.S. Coast Guard for surf rescue.

Built
1793

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Lowell's Boat Shop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNW 323°99 m2.0 mi
Chair HillNNW 331°93 m3.5 mi
Red Oak HillW 271°93 m5.7 mi
Red Oak HillW 270°93 m5.8 mi
Sawyers HillWNW 303°91 m3.8 mi
Indian Ground HillNNW 326°91 m4.8 mi
Highlands HillW 276°88 m5.8 mi
Long HillW 266°81 m5.3 mi

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Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

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