Lowell's Boat Shop
Lowell's Boat Shop is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Alliance Park, a park 0.5 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.
What the record says
- Built
- 1793
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 4.7 mi off the Independence Byway
- 5.3 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 22.0 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 6 mi
- Eagle Rock · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alliance Park: 0.5 mi
- Golgotha Boulder Site: 0.6 mi
- Moseley Woods: 0.7 mi
- Training Field Park: 1.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Golgotha Boulder: 0.6 mi
- The Captain's Well: 0.9 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 0.9 mi
- Helen Moseley House Site: 1.5 mi
- Main House Site: 1.7 mi
- Deer Island: 0.7 mi
- Deer Island: 0.7 mi
- Arrowhead Farm: 0.7 mi
- Eagle Island Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Powder House Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Castle Hill: 0.7 mi
- Powder House Hill: 0.9 mi
- Brown's Hill: 0.9 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mundy Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bartlett Museum: 0.8 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 3.1 mi
- Coffin House: 3.9 mi
- The Science & Nature Center at Seabrook Station: 4.8 mi
- Hampton Falls Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Vegtable Garden: 1.5 mi
- Deep-Cold Frames: 1.6 mi
- Shallow-Cold Frames: 1.6 mi
- The Formal Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Italian Garden: 1.6 mi
- Peace Offering: 2.8 mi
- Brushstrokes: 2.8 mi
- G-Swirl: 2.8 mi
- Newburyport Collage: 2.8 mi
- Native Fish: 2.8 mi
- Market Square: 3.1 mi
- Captain's Fishing Parties: 5.1 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 6.3 mi
- Powder House: 10.1 mi
- Corn Maze: 10.8 mi
- Salisbury Beach: 5.0 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 5.3 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 5.7 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 5.8 mi
- South Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 4.1 mi
- Great Neck: 11.0 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 12.0 mi
- Wildcat Ledge: 12.4 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Front Range Light: 3.3 mi
- Oil House: 18.9 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 18.9 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 18.9 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 20.9 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 11.5 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 13.7 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 13.7 mi
- Front Pavilion: 13.8 mi
- Birthday Bay: 15.0 mi
- Hampton Falls: 5.2 mi
- Newbury Falls: 6.4 mi
- Great Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.8 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 16.7 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 3.0 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 3.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 5.2 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 6.9 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.1 mi
- Lion's Spring: 2.8 mi
- Rail Spring: 5.9 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 10.3 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 23.8 mi
- Dogtown: 19.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powow Hill | NW 323° | 99 m | 2.0 mi |
| Chair Hill | NNW 331° | 93 m | 3.5 mi |
| Red Oak Hill | W 271° | 93 m | 5.7 mi |
| Red Oak Hill | W 270° | 93 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sawyers Hill | WNW 303° | 91 m | 3.8 mi |
| Indian Ground Hill | NNW 326° | 91 m | 4.8 mi |
| Highlands Hill | W 276° | 88 m | 5.8 mi |
| Long Hill | W 266° | 81 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 88000706OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/211809943
Day trips start here
- Amesbury · 1 mi
- Newburyport · 3 mi
- Groveland · 8 mi
- Haverhill · 9 mi
- Ipswich · 12 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 13 mi
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