Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan
Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Stewart Hill stands 149 m to the north-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
American whaling ship built in 1841
Wikidata Q1066356, matched on coordinates and name (83 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan, Built by Jethro and Zachariah Hillman, Launched New Bedford July 21, 1841...
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 17.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.1 mi off the Shannock Road
- 20.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 0.0 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 0.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Noank Remembers Memorial Bell: 2.6 mi
- Haley Farm Barn: 3.0 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 0.2 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
- Peace Nature Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Fish Subdivision Open Space: 0.5 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
- Children's Museum: 0.0 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 0.1 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 0.1 mi
- Mystic Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- Denison Homestead: 0.9 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: 3.8 mi
- Mystic Blue: 0.1 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 0.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 0.9 mi
- Giant Gnome: 0.9 mi
- Penguin: 1.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 2.5 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 6.2 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 6.2 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 6.6 mi
- Cascade: 2.8 mi
- Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 13.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.6 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 20.2 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
- 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
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 6.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 6.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 8.0 mi
- Powder House: 8.0 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
- Old Spring: 4.2 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8.2 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 | 6.9 mi |
| Gungywamp Hill | WNW 300° | 108 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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/9379294524
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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