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St. Joseph Hall

St. Joseph Hall from directly overhead

St. Joseph Hall is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is West India Goods Store, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off.

By the 20th century, the western end of Derby Street had become the heart of the Polish Community in Salem. The St. Joseph Society, a fraternal society, built this headquarters in 1909.

The record

What the record says

Built
1909
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.52192, -70.88634

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
Parks
  • Swiniuch Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hatches Wharf: 0.1 mi
  • Central Wharf: 0.2 mi
  • Salem Common: 0.2 mi
  • Armory Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
  • The First Muster: 0.2 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Washington Arch: 0.2 mi
  • Roger Conant Statue: 0.3 mi
  • Salem Witch Trials Memorial: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Gardens
  • Salem Community Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.2 mi
Peaks
  • Ledge Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Gallows Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Green Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Burial Hill: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 18.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 18.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 18.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of St. Joseph Hall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillWSW 247°87 m5.5 mi
Mount GileadWSW 248°77 m5.9 mi
Mount HermonWSW 250°76 m5.0 mi
Mount MoriahWSW 245°74 m6.3 mi
Waldens HillWNW 282°70 m6.7 mi
Witch HillNNW 332°70 m7.5 mi
Uptons HillWNW 290°69 m7.1 mi
Weetamoo CliffWSW 254°68 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 76000297OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/215898615

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