Historic site · Connecticut
The Vine Sign
The Vine Sign is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Sullivan's Island Recreation Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- The old vine-covered street sign has stared down the residents of Prospect street for years and has become and icon part of Derby.
How to reach it
Coordinates41.31502, -73.07828
- 4.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Town Open Space (Bruce Drive): 1.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Coram Road, Rear) 2 Parcels: 1.5 mi
- Shelton Lakes Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Housatonic Overlook: 1.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear): 2.0 mi
Museums
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 1.6 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
- Americana Museum: 5.7 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 5.7 mi
- Model Railroad Museum: 5.8 mi
Parks
- O'Sullivan's Island Recreation Park: 0.3 mi
- Derby Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Witek Park: 0.7 mi
- East Derby Green: 1.0 mi
Beaches
- Zoar Beach: 6.9 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 7.3 mi
- Gulf Beach: 7.5 mi
- Swift St. Beach: 7.5 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
- Witek Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.9 mi
- Old Mill Foundation: 5.1 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 5.7 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 6.4 mi
Peaks
- Derby Hill: 1.1 mi
- Coram Hill: 1.2 mi
- Windy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.0 mi
- Long Hill: 2.4 mi
Gardens: 50
- SIS Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Eklund Garden: 2.4 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
- Yale Landscape Lab: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
- Indian Well Falls: 3.0 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 4.0 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 4.4 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 6.2 mi
- Sperry Falls: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 21
- PEZ Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.1 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.9 mi
- Millstone: 10.8 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 12.4 mi
Artworks: 21
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.7 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.7 mi
- Mother Mary: 5.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 6.6 mi
- Heron: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Forbes Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 16.9 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 19.3 mi
- Chimney Corner: 19.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 2.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 2.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.5 mi
- Pond View: 8.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 8.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 8.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 11.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 11.5 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 8.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Pleasure Beach: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of The Vine Sign. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | NNW 341° | 231 m | 6.4 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | NNW 338° | 223 m | 8.4 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NW 309° | 206 m | 9.1 mi |
| Great Hill | NNW 329° | 202 m | 3.9 mi |
| Barn Hill | WNW 290° | 200 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | N 7° | 199 m | 7.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 354° | 195 m | 8.8 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNE 29° | 193 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5243113173
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