Old Gaol Museum
Old Gaol Museum is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Emerson-Wilcox House Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Coastal Byway passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
former colonial prison in York, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q7085462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1719
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 16.4 mi off the Independence Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 25.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gilman Moulton Park: 0.6 mi
- Hartley Mason Reservation: 1.0 mi
- Bog Road Fields and Benjamin Park Playground: 1.7 mi
- Goodrich Park: 1.9 mi
- York Beach Ballfield and Park: 2.9 mi
- Sewall Hill: 0.9 mi
- Young Hill: 2.4 mi
- Forty Acre Hill: 2.9 mi
- Simpson Hill: 3.4 mi
- Cutts Ridge: 4.2 mi
- Lafcadio's Woods Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Fuller Forest Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Brave Boat Headwaters Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Norton Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Lynch South: 2.8 mi
- Grave of William Pepperrell: 4.9 mi
- Fort McClary Blockhouse: 5.2 mi
- Rifleman's House: 5.2 mi
- Fort William and Mary: 5.8 mi
- USS Grayling Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Emerson-Wilcox House Museum: 0.0 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum: 0.1 mi
- John Hancock Warehouse: 0.6 mi
- Sayward-Wheeler House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Elizabeth Perkins House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Harbor Beach: 1.0 mi
- Long Sands: 2.3 mi
- Short Sands Beach: 3.1 mi
- Seapoint Beach: 3.8 mi
- Cape Neddick Beach: 4.1 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 6.4 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 6.7 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 6.8 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 7.0 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 7.2 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 6.9 mi
- Trial Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Victory Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Take Flight: 2.8 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 5.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 7.0 mi
- EDALHAB: 7.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 9.7 mi
- Orris Falls: 9.6 mi
- Hayes Falls: 13.5 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 13.7 mi
- Second Falls: 15.1 mi
- Packer's Falls: 15.4 mi
- Dover Bluff: 2.9 mi
- York Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 12.3 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 12.3 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Birthday Bay: 9.9 mi
- Front Pavilion: 14.0 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 14.1 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 14.2 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 3.4 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 5.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 5.8 mi
- Oil House: 5.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 17.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 17.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 17.8 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Old Gaol Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | NNW 340° | 210 m | 5.9 mi |
| Second Hill | NNW 346° | 167 m | 6.3 mi |
| Third Hill | N 352° | 159 m | 6.5 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNW 332° | 118 m | 5.3 mi |
| Welch Hill | NNW 344° | 108 m | 10.4 mi |
| Third Hill | WNW 288° | 104 m | 6.8 mi |
| Norman Hill | NNW 337° | 103 m | 7.3 mi |
| Brown Hill | NNW 342° | 102 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:25 | 16:11 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Neddick, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 68000016OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/677202754
Day trips start here
- York · 1 mi
- Portsmouth · 7 mi
- Ogunquit · 8 mi
- Dover · 12 mi
- Wells · 12 mi
- Kennebunkport · 17 mi
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