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Minuteman Statue

Minuteman Statue from directly overhead

Minuteman Statue is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Compo-Owenoke Historic District, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
To commemorate the heroism of the patriots who defended their country when the British invaded this state April 25-1777 General David Wooster Colonel Abraham Gould and more than one hundred continentals fell in the engagements commencing at Danbury and
Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates41.11138, -73.35524

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Compo-Owenoke Historic District: 0.3 mi
  • Westport Longshore Club Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sherwood Mill Pond Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Saugatuck River Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
  • Walter D. Allen Saltmarsh Preserve: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Compo Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Seymour Rock: 1.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Sasqua Hill: 1.9 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Haskins Greenhouses: 1.3 mi
  • Haskins House: 1.3 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 1.4 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 2.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 8.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.1 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 10.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 10.6 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 10.7 mi
  • Heron: 12.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Earthplace: 2.8 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 5.3 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 5.8 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.1 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 10.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Minuteman Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNNW 344°211 m11.1 mi
Gilbert HillNNW 342°186 m11.0 mi
Bald HillNW 318°184 m9.5 mi
Upper Bald HillNW 322°171 m10.4 mi
Round HillNNE 21°170 m10.4 mi
Comstock KnollNW 320°164 m8.6 mi
Powells HillN 8°159 m8.7 mi
Sport HillNNE 27°154 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5849266403

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