Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum
Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
The story
town in Knox County, Maine, United States of America
Dates from 1789.
Wikidata Q3242142, matched on coordinates and name (544 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Armbrust Hill: 0.5 mi
- Isle Au Haut Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Dushane Hill: 1.6 mi
- Basin High Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Barley Hill: 3.0 mi
- Armbrust Hill Town Park: 0.5 mi
- The Old Ballground: 0.5 mi
- Lawson's Quarry Town Park: 0.6 mi
- Boy Scout Point Town Park: 0.7 mi
- Isle Au Haut Mountain Town Park: 0.9 mi
- Watershed Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Kintner Salt Marsh: 1.7 mi
- Granite Island Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Round Pond Trail: 2.6 mi
- Carrying Place Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Big White Beach: 3.6 mi
- Brimstone Beach: 4.1 mi
- Eleanor L. Campbell Preserve Polly Cove Beach: 4.7 mi
- Old Ferry Landing Beach: 5.7 mi
- Narrow Place Beach: 6.9 mi
- North Haven Museum: 7.2 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 11.4 mi
- The Old Homestead: 12.2 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 12.4 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 9.6 mi
- Cannon: 14.1 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 14.3 mi
- Sarah Smith Foundation: 20.4 mi
- Negro Head: 12.3 mi
- Spruce Head: 18.4 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 18.8 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 19.1 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 19.9 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 0.3 mi
- Sphere: 13.7 mi
- Lobster: 13.9 mi
- Seagull: 13.9 mi
- Puffin Wall: 13.9 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 14.0 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 19.1 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 24.0 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 24.0 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 14.8 mi
- Keepers Quarters: 18.3 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 21.8 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 11.3 mi
- The Wall: 17.6 mi
- Prison Show Room: 17.6 mi
- Vinal Falls: 2.5 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | NW 320° | 419 m | 17.5 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | NW 326° | 331 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Battie | NW 317° | 240 m | 16.6 mi |
| Garey Mountain | NNW 327° | 239 m | 18.1 mi |
| Derry Mountain | NNW 329° | 231 m | 18.5 mi |
| Dodge Mountain | WNW 295° | 201 m | 15.8 mi |
| Benner Hill | WNW 290° | 188 m | 15.8 mi |
| Beech Hill | WNW 302° | 159 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:38 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367795350
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- Acadia National Park · 28 mi
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