John Muir Birthplace
John Muir Birthplace is a museum in Dunbar. Close by, within 5 km, are 5 more places to see. Officially, it is a category B listed building.
Museum in Dunbar
Inside Dunbar
John Muir Birthplace is inside Dunbar’s locality, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Dunbar has 142 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
June to August are the warmest in Dunbar, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C.
John Muir Birthplace
Add Dunbar Castle, 300 m away, to a visit.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Town
- in Dunbar
- Official site
- jmbt.org.uk
Mapping John Muir Birthplace
The orange dot is John Muir Birthplace; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dunbar’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Where to base yourself
The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Dunbar
Make a day of it near John Muir Birthplace
19 more lie within 15 km, 5 castles and 3 museums among them.
CastleDunbar Castle300 m away2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandTantallon Castle10 km away · 31K visitors a year (2009)3CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandHailes Castle11 km away4MuseumMuseum · National Trust for ScotlandPreston Mill8.4 km away5
CastleBass Castle11 km away6
MuseumNational Museum of Flight13 km away7
CastleFenton Tower14 km away8MuseumMuseumDunbar Town House Museum and Gallery100 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to John Muir Birthplace: questions
Where is John Muir Birthplace?
John Muir Birthplace is in Dunbar, East Lothian, inside the town’s locality.
What is John Muir Birthplace?
Museum in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit John Muir Birthplace?
June to August are the warmest months in Dunbar, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is John Muir Birthplace a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near John Muir Birthplace?
Within 15 km: Dunbar Castle (300 m), Tantallon Castle (10 km), Hailes Castle (11 km) and Preston Mill (8.4 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- John Muir Birthplace: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunbar Castle: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tantallon Castle: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bass Castle: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Flight: Greenshed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fenton Tower: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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