Huron County Gaol
Huron County Gaol is a museum you can visit in Goderich. Nearby, 2 more places to visit are within 5 km. On the official register, it is a National Historic Site of Canada.
Museum in Goderich
Inside Goderich
Huron County Gaol is a place to visit inside Goderich’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓
National Historic Site of Canada
It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Choosing a month
Afternoons in Goderich reach 17–24°C from May to September.
Huron County Gaol
Our list goes on with Huron County Museum, 400 m away.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- National Historic Site of Canada
- Town
- in Goderich
- Official site
- huroncountymuseum.ca/huron-historic-gaol
The way to Huron County Gaol
The map puts Huron County Gaol in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Goderich’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The nearest towns to Huron County Gaol
Goderich tops the 5 for size, at 8,412 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Goderich
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Clinton
Wingham
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Huron County Gaol is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goderich | It’s in town | 8,412 | 3 |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | 400 m northeast of it | 7,052 | 4 |
| Clinton | 1.9 km southeast of it | 8,318 | 10 |
| Wingham | 35 km northeast of it | 5,411 | 1 |
| Bayfield | 36 km south of it | 8,327 | 5 |
Around Huron County Gaol
Our list has 2 more within 15 km, among them a museum and a historic site.
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Huron County Gaol?
Look in Goderich, Ontario; Huron County Gaol is within the municipal boundary.
What is Huron County Gaol?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Huron County Gaol?
In Goderich, afternoons are warmest from May to September, at 17–24°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).
Is Huron County Gaol a designated historic place?
Yes: National Historic Site of Canada.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Huron County Gaol: Gogerr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).