Mystic Seaport Museum First Building
Mystic Seaport Museum First Building is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mystic Blue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
Maritime museum in Mystic, Connecticut.
Dates from 1929-12-29.
Wikidata Q1890082, matched on coordinates and name (92 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- Here on the First Building Opened to the Public This Tablet Honors Three Men Charles K. Stillman Carl C. Cutler Edward E. Bradley Whose Enduring Vision in 1929 Established This Association.
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.0 mi off the Shannock Road
- 20.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peace Nature Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Fish Subdivision Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Coogan Farm & Nature Center: 0.5 mi
- Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 0.5 mi
- Bindloss Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- Pequot Hill: 0.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.6 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.6 mi
- Hazelnut Hill: 3.2 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 0.0 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 0.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Noank Remembers Memorial Bell: 2.6 mi
- Haley Farm Barn: 3.0 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 0.0 mi
- Children's Museum: 0.0 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 0.1 mi
- Mystic Museum of Art: 0.8 mi
- Denison Homestead: 0.9 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 0.1 mi
- Mystic Little League Field: 0.3 mi
- Mystic Academy Park: 0.5 mi
- Mystic River Park: 0.6 mi
- Mystic River Park Playground: 0.7 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 0.1 mi
- Williams Beach: 1.2 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 2.8 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 2.8 mi
- DuBois Beach: 3.9 mi
- Mystic Blue: 0.0 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 0.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 0.8 mi
- Giant Gnome: 0.8 mi
- Penguin: 1.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 2.5 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 6.1 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 6.2 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 6.6 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.3 mi
- Sprout Garden: 7.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.6 mi
- Laurel Walk: 7.6 mi
- Yantic Falls: 13.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.6 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 20.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 20.8 mi
- Chapman Falls: 21.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 6.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 6.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 8.0 mi
- Powder House: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 15.5 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.6 mi
- Crow Head: 20.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.7 mi
- Clay Head: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 0.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
- Old Spring: 4.1 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mystic Seaport Museum First Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 8° | 163 m | 9.4 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 28° | 149 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 2° | 144 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNE 17° | 139 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 23° | 139 m | 8.1 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NNE 15° | 132 m | 8.0 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 344° | 120 m | 6.8 mi |
| Lantern Hill | N 9° | 118 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3874363023
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 1 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Groton · 4 mi
- Ledyard · 6 mi
- New London · 7 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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