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A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence

A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence from directly overhead

A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence is an artwork in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Noah Webster Statue, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

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Coordinates41.76038, -72.74129
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Noah Webster Statue: 0.0 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 0.9 mi
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 1.8 mi
Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions: 60
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cascades: 10.5 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 58
Artworks: 49
Cliffs: 19
  • South Wall: 3.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 3.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 3.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 3.3 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 11
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 17.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 17.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNW 320°276 m4.6 mi
Taine MountainW 272°268 m9.0 mi
Wildcat MountainW 266°262 m10.1 mi
East HillNW 308°261 m10.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 302°257 m10.6 mi
Onion MountainNW 314°253 m9.9 mi
Ely MoundNW 304°246 m3.8 mi
Sweetheart MountainWNW 289°246 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/13424566643

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