Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is University of Massachusetts Boston - Nantucket Field Station, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 30 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Preserves the memory of Islanders who risked their lives to save shipwrecked mariners. These people served in organizations devoted to maritime rescue, such as the Mass. Humane Society; U.S Life-Saving Service; and U.S. Coast Guard.
The story
The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum of Nantucket, Massachusetts is a small, seasonal, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound.
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Wikidata Q14715744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Egan Maritime Institute
How to reach it
- 30.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- University of Massachusetts Boston - Nantucket Field Station: 0.2 mi
- Quaise: 0.6 mi
- Quaise: 0.6 mi
- Middle Moors: 0.6 mi
- Alter Rock Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Coatue Beach: 1.6 mi
- Rest House Shore: 1.7 mi
- Pest House Shore: 1.8 mi
- Monomoy Beach: 2.2 mi
- Clean Shore: 2.6 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 0.5 mi
- Fudge Hill: 0.7 mi
- Macys Hill: 1.2 mi
- Folger Hill: 2.0 mi
- Sauls Hills: 2.1 mi
- Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 2.4 mi
- Consue Springs: 2.8 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 3.1 mi
- Dead Horse Valley: 3.1 mi
- Lilly Pond: 3.1 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 2.8 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 2.9 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 2.9 mi
- Museum of African American History: 2.9 mi
- Hadwen House: 3.1 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 3.1 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 4.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 4.2 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 4.2 mi
- Squam Head: 3.5 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Sankaty Head: 4.2 mi
- Wasque Point: 21.5 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 3.2 mi
- Brant Point Light: 2.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | ESE 112° | 33 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 285° | 28 m | 23.6 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | S 183° | 26 m | 0.5 mi |
| Sauls Hills | ESE 113° | 23 m | 2.1 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | WSW 255° | 22 m | 3.6 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 283° | 22 m | 22.8 mi |
| Macys Hill | ESE 123° | 19 m | 1.2 mi |
| Fudge Hill | WSW 245° | 18 m | 0.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/213821089
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