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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

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Coordinates41.74826, -72.69152
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Gardens
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
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascades: 8.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.8 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 MountainNW 309°276 m7.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 137°265 m11.2 mi
Ely MoundWNW 298°246 m6.5 mi
Lookout MountainE 87°237 m10.6 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 110°234 m10.4 mi
Birch MountainE 89°233 m10.8 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW 245°229 m7.9 mi
Ragged MountainSW 217°217 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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