US Coast Guard Heritage Museum
US Coast Guard Heritage Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham Blish, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it.
Tells the Coast Guard story from a regional Cape Cod perspective. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the birthplace of the Coast Guard and both Customs and Coast Guard have 18th century origins under the Treasury Department.
The story
The U.S. Customshouse (now known as the Coast Guard Heritage Museum and the Donald G. Trayser Memorial Museum) is a historic customs house and United States Coast Guard museum on Cobbs Hill in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Built in 1855 to a design by Ammi Young, it was used as a custom house and post office until 1913, continuing to house the post office and other offices until 1958. It was converted into a museum in 1960, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2005.
Wikidata Q7889722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1855
- Elevation
- 14 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coast Guard Heritage Museum
How to reach it
- On the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cobbs Hill: 0.2 mi
- Shootflying Hill: 2.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.9 mi
- Clay Hill: 3.2 mi
- White Hill: 4.5 mi
- Millway Beach: 0.6 mi
- Wequaquet Lake Beach: 2.9 mi
- Wequaquet Estates Beach: 3.3 mi
- Opeechee Heights Beach: 3.5 mi
- Grays Beach: 3.7 mi
- Sunset Lane Beach Access: 0.7 mi
- Anthony & Georgia Botsey Park: 3.2 mi
- Park Square: 3.3 mi
- Hyannis Village Green: 3.4 mi
- Michael K. Aselton Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Cr #31: 0.8 mi
- Dillingham Cr: 0.8 mi
- Dillingham Properties Cr: 0.8 mi
- Barnstable County Farm: 0.8 mi
- Barnstable County Farm: 0.9 mi
- Abraham Blish: 0.0 mi
- The Unitarian Church of Barnstable: 0.0 mi
- Sachem Iyanough: 3.4 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 3.5 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Barnstable Historical Soceity - Phinney Jones House: 0.5 mi
- Captain Bangs Hallet House: 2.9 mi
- Edward Gorey House: 2.9 mi
- Zion Union Heritage Museum: 3.4 mi
- Guyer Barn: 3.5 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 0.3 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 0.3 mi
- Saint John Paul: 3.7 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 3.9 mi
- Buddha: 13.7 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 3.5 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 3.5 mi
- Jump On Us!: 3.9 mi
- Pirates Cove: 5.3 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 5.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 4.7 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 9.3 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- McInnes Garden: 11.1 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 11.1 mi
- Salten Point: 0.9 mi
- Fullers Point: 5.0 mi
- bluff: 10.9 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 15.4 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 1.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.7 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 18.1 mi
- Oil House: 18.1 mi
- Chatham Light: 18.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 21.0 mi
- Nauset Light: 21.0 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 14.4 mi
- Picnick Area: 14.9 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 15.3 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Long Point: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of US Coast Guard Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 74° | 165 m | 14.2 mi |
| Manomet Hill | NW 316° | 114 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 272° | 93 m | 13.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WNW 283° | 85 m | 9.9 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | WNW 287° | 82 m | 12.9 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 279° | 80 m | 13.5 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 281° | 77 m | 8.9 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | W 260° | 71 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:30 | 16:14 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 75000239OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — U.S. Customshouse, reference 75000239, listed 11/12/75.
OpenStreetMap element way/211865761
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 22 mi
- Marion · 24 mi
- Carver · 27 mi
- Mattapoisett · 27 mi
- Rochester · 27 mi
- SouthCoast · 28 mi
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