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Murney Tower

Murney Tower is a defensive tower built to protect Kingston, Ontario from American threats. It stands inside Kingston’s municipal boundary. On the official register, it is a National Historic Site of Canada.

Photo: Murney Tower, Carlb (Public domain)

Where

In Kingston

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 10%

#485 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–25°C

In brief

Museum in Kingston

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

By coverage it ranks #485 of the 5,181 places on our Canadian list. About ↓

Inside Kingston

You’ll find Murney Tower inside Kingston’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.

When to go

Picking your season

Afternoons in Kingston reach 18–25°C from May to September.

Jan-3° / -12°86 mm

Feb-2° / -11°61 mm

Mar3° / -6°65 mm

Apr10° / 1°88 mm

May18° / 7°84 mm

Jun22° / 13°90 mm

Jul25° / 16°68 mm

Aug25° / 15°75 mm

Sep21° / 11°100 mm

Oct14° / 5°96 mm

Nov8° / -1°88 mm

Dec2° / -6°83 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kingston, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals for Kingston (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Precipitation comes from Centreville, 35 km away. Kingston’s full climate →

About

Murney Tower

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 11 more places, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (1 km) first on our list.

Murney Tower on Wikipedia ↗

Its historic-place page →

Type: Museum
Listed: National Historic Site of Canada
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Kingston
Official site: murneytower.com

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

Plan your visit

Practical details

Address2 king st w kingston

HoursMay 20–Sep 04 10:00–17:00

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Address, hours and fees: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikidata. They change with the seasons: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Murney Tower is

Orange shows Murney Tower; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns close to Murney Tower

Kingston tops the 4 for size, at 149,527 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Kingston

149,527 people · 43 places to visit

2 · 3 km east of it

Frontenac Islands

1,963 people · 40 places to visit

3 · 16 km west of it

Loyalist

19,761 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 24 km northwest of it

South Frontenac

21,599 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Murney Tower is	People	Places to visit
Kingston	It’s in town	149,527	43
Frontenac Islands	3 km east of it	1,963	40
Loyalist	16 km west of it	19,761	5
South Frontenac	24 km northwest of it	21,599	3

Make a day of it

Places to add to Murney Tower

The 11 places within 15 km include 6 museums, a cathedral and an art gallery.

CathedralCathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception1 km away 2

MuseumAnn Baillie Building200 m away 3

Art galleryAgnes Etherington Art Centre600 m away 4

MuseumKingston Dry Dock700 m away 5

MuseumKingston General Hospital300 m away 6MuseumMuseumMuseum of Health Care at Kingston200 m away 7MuseumMuseumPumpHouse Museum500 m away 8MuseumMuseumMiller Museum of Geology600 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Murney Tower

Where is Murney Tower?

Murney Tower: in Kingston, Ontario, inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Murney Tower?

Defensive tower built to protect Kingston, Ontario from American threats.

How well known is Murney Tower?

On our list for Canada, Murney Tower comes #485 by how widely it is covered.

When is the best time to visit Murney Tower?

Warmth peaks in Kingston from May to September, when afternoons reach 18–25°C (ECCC normals, 1991–2020).

Is Murney Tower 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 (6)

Murney Tower: Carlb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception: SoftwareSimian (changes by Rabanus Flavus ), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ann Baillie Building: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Agnes Etherington Art Centre: KingstonianW, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kingston Dry Dock: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kingston General Hospital: P199, Public domain, 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).