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Statue of Bishop Thomas C. Brownell

Statue of Bishop Thomas C. Brownell from directly overhead

Statue of Bishop Thomas C. Brownell is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.74826, -72.69152
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Harbison Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Barry Square: 0.6 mi
  • Affleck Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Campfield Memorial Grounds: 0.6 mi
  • Campfield Green: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 58
Attractions: 58
Gardens: 56
Waterfalls: 43
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 4.7 mi
  • South Wall: 5.7 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 20.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Statue of Bishop Thomas C. Brownell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNW276 m7.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE265 m11.2 mi
Ely MoundWNW246 m6.5 mi
Lookout MountainE237 m10.6 mi
Kongscut MountainESE234 m10.4 mi
Birch MountainE233 m10.8 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW229 m7.9 mi
Ragged MountainSW217 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/929475605

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