Lafayette's Tour
Lafayette's Tour is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Elisha White House Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- LAFAYETTE'S TOUR ON AUGUST 21, 1824, GENERAL LAFAYETTE, TRAVELLING ON THE POST ROAD, WAS WELCOMED WITH MILITARY AND CIVIL HONORS IN KILLINGWORTH, NOW CLINTON. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2022
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 29.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Captain Elisha White House Museum: 0.0 mi
- Clinton Historical Society: 0.0 mi
- Stanton House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Meigs Point Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 3.7 mi
- Liberty Green: 0.1 mi
- Lafayette Green: 0.1 mi
- Waterside Green Park: 0.4 mi
- Kirtland Landing: 1.6 mi
- Salt Meadow Park: 1.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.1 mi
- Abraham Pierson Statue: 0.1 mi
- Charles Morgan Statue: 0.1 mi
- Boy Scout Tree: 0.2 mi
- Abraham Pierson Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Lane: 0.2 mi
- The Elliot Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Lar Fagan Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- High St,Rear: 0.5 mi
- Bargate Road: 0.5 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 0.2 mi
- Cedar Knoll: 2.0 mi
- Murdock Hill: 2.5 mi
- Cow Hill: 2.7 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.7 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 0.7 mi
- Clinton Beach: 1.4 mi
- Grove Beach: 1.9 mi
- Hammonasset Beach: 2.3 mi
- West Beach: 2.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 7.7 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascade: 10.0 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Cascade: 12.0 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 12.9 mi
- Stone Table: 5.7 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 6.5 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 10.2 mi
- Historic Ferry: 10.8 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 11.9 mi
- James Madison: 4.3 mi
- Totem Pole: 6.0 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.6 mi
- snake: 12.0 mi
- Big Bird: 17.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 10.3 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 11.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Powder House: 21.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 21.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 9.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Lafayette's Tour. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | NNW 348° | 201 m | 11.7 mi |
| Long Hill | N 3° | 154 m | 11.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 2° | 140 m | 10.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 6° | 138 m | 9.7 mi |
| Wig Hill | N 11° | 128 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tower Hill | N 360° | 126 m | 5.5 mi |
| Buell Hill | NNW 329° | 119 m | 6.0 mi |
| Honey Hill | NE 45° | 114 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11379463600
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 7 mi
- Essex · 8 mi
- Old Lyme · 12 mi
- East Lyme · 16 mi
- Waterford · 20 mi
- New London · 22 mi
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