Camden Yacht Club, Camden

Name: Camden Yacht Club
Address: Camden, United States

#19 among attractions in Camden

Sailing, Yacht club, Shingle style architecture

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The Camden Yacht Club is a yacht club serving the boating community of Penobscot Bay located at 68 Bay View Street in Camden, Maine, United States. Founded in 1906, it offers a variety of programs seasonally, as well as mooring facilities to its members and the general public. Its clubhouse, designed by John Calvin Stevens and built in 1912, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In season the club serves lunch to its members and their guests, and its facilities are available for event rental. ()

Built: 1912 (112 years ago)Coordinates: 44°12'26"N, 69°3'43"W

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Camden United States

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Camden Yacht Club – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Curtis Island Light, Lewis R. French, Surprise, Camden Great Fire Historic District.

0.7 miSE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Curtis Island Light, Camden
18 min walk • Curtis Island Light, originally Negro Island Light, is a lighthouse marking the approach to the harbor of Camden, Maine. It is located on Curtis Island, which shelters the harbor from ocean storms.
~1260 ftN
Nature and wildlife tours, Ship, Historical and heritage tours
Lewis R. French, Camden
7 min walk • Lewis R. French is a gaff-rigged topsail schooner sailing out of Camden, Maine as a "Maine windjammer" offering weeklong cruises to tourists.
~1290 ftN
Boat tours, Ship, Eco tours
Surprise, Camden
7 min walk • Surprise is a two-masted former racing schooner berthed in Camden, Maine. Built in 1917-18 in Rockport, Massachusetts, she is one of a small number of surviving schooners designed by noted naval architect Thomas F. McManus.
~1210 ftNW
Historical place, Neighbourhood
Camden Great Fire Historic District, Camden
6 min walk • The Camden Great Fire Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the central business district of the town of Camden, Maine, United States.
~1140 ftW
Opera, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Camden Opera House Block, Camden
6 min walk • The Camden Opera House Block is a historic multifunction building at 29 Elm Street in the center of Camden, Maine, United States. Built in 1893 after the town's great 1892 fire, it is one of its most prominent buildings. It houses town offices, a social meeting hall, and a 500-seat theater.
~1750 ftNW
Library
Camden Public Library, Camden
9 min walk • The Camden Public Library is the public library serving Camden, Maine, United States. It is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
~1150 ftNW
Ship
Grace Bailey, Camden
6 min walk • Grace Bailey, also known for many years as Mattie, is a two-masted schooner whose home port is Camden Harbor, Camden, Maine. Built in 1882 in Patchogue, New York, she is one of four surviving two-masted wooden-hulled schooners, once the most common vessel in the American coasting trade.
0.7 miN
Park, Shingle style architecture
High Street Historic District, Camden
18 min walk • The High Street Historic District encompasses a well-preserved 19th-century residential area of Camden, Maine. Extending along High Street, the district has maintained its character since the 1920s, despite encroaching commercialization of nearby areas, and retains a cross-section of architecture of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
~880 ftS
Park, Greek Revival architecture
Chestnut Street Historic District, Camden
5 min walk • The Chestnut Street Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential part of Camden, Maine, United States, which represents a cross-section of the town's architectural history, and of its transition from a shipping center to a summer resort community.
~1040 ftN
Ship
Mercantile, Camden
6 min walk • Mercantile is a two-masted schooner berthed in Camden Harbor, Camden, Maine. Built in the 1914-16 on Little Deer Isle, Maine, she is one of a small number of such vessels still afloat from a time when they were one of the most common cargo vessels of the coasting trade.
~940 ftNW
44°12'31"N • 69°3'53"W
Chestnut Street Baptist Church - Camden, Camden
5 min walk • Sacred and religious sites, Church

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Nearby attractions include Chestnut Street Historic District, Camden (5 min walk), Chestnut Street Baptist Church - Camden, Camden (5 min walk), Mercantile, Camden (6 min walk), Camden Opera House Block, Camden (6 min walk).