Artwork · Connecticut
Sedna
Sedna is an artwork in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Elizabeth Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2000-05-01
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates41.77594, -72.71836
- 29.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Elizabeth Park: 0.0 mi
- Sigourney Square Park: 1.3 mi
- Aaron Fien Square: 1.3 mi
- George H. Day Playground: 1.3 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
Gardens
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 0.1 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 2.2 mi
Peaks
- Johnson Hill: 0.6 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.2 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 3.3 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- Painted Cow: 0.6 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 1.6 mi
- Stone Field Sculpture: 2.4 mi
- Thomas Hooker: 2.4 mi
- Love: 2.5 mi
Museums
- A. Everett Austin House: 0.6 mi
- Connecticut Museum of Culture and History: 0.7 mi
- Mark Twain House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.1 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Vanderbilt Park: 0.7 mi
- Bugbee School Woods: 1.7 mi
- Westmoor Park: 2.2 mi
- Mooney's Woods: 2.3 mi
- North Branch State Access Area: 2.3 mi
Attractions
- Mark Twain House: 1.1 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 1.5 mi
- Keney Tower: 2.2 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 3.4 mi
- Heublein Tower: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
- Old Grist Mill Site: 1.4 mi
- Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 1.6 mi
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Noah Webster Statue: 1.6 mi
- Connecticut State Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
Waterfalls
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.7 mi
- Dividend Falls: 10.0 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 10.1 mi
- Cascades: 10.4 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Garden Wall: 4.2 mi
- Hart Meadow: 4.2 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.2 mi
- Superstructure: 4.3 mi
- South Wall: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 10
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 16.4 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.6 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 18.6 mi
- Boating Side: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.2 mi
Springs: 4
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
- Big Spring: 19.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 14.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Sedna. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | WNW 301° | 276 m | 4.8 mi |
| Taine Mountain | W 266° | 268 m | 10.2 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | W 261° | 262 m | 11.4 mi |
| East Hill | WNW 300° | 261 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WNW 294° | 257 m | 11.1 mi |
| Onion Mountain | NW 305° | 253 m | 10.1 mi |
| Ely Mound | WNW 284° | 246 m | 4.5 mi |
| Sweetheart Mountain | WNW 281° | 246 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12157893373
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Tolland · 19 mi
- Longmeadow · 20 mi
- Somers · 20 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- Storrs · 24 mi
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