A. Everett Austin House
A. Everett Austin House is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, a museum 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.
The story
home of Wadsworth Atheneum director, Arthur Everett Austin Jr..
Wikidata Q2622933, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1930
How to reach it
- 29.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Connecticut Museum of Culture and History: 0.6 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.0 mi
- Mark Twain House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 1.3 mi
- Old State House: 2.1 mi
- Elizabeth Park: 0.6 mi
- Aaron Fien Square: 0.7 mi
- Sigourney Square Park: 0.9 mi
- Dominick Delucco Park: 1.3 mi
- Liam E. McGee Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Sedna: 0.6 mi
- Painted Cow: 0.9 mi
- Stone Field Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Thomas Hooker: 2.1 mi
- Love: 2.1 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 0.7 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 0.8 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Hudson Street Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Mark Twain House: 1.0 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 1.2 mi
- Keney Tower: 1.7 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 3.9 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.6 mi
- Johnson Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 1.7 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.3 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 3.8 mi
- Grant Hill: 3.9 mi
- Vanderbilt Park: 1.2 mi
- Gully Green: 2.0 mi
- Keney Park: 2.1 mi
- North Branch State Access Area: 2.2 mi
- University of Hartford Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Connecticut State Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
- General Israel Putnam: 1.8 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 1.8 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 1.9 mi
- Old Grist Mill Site: 2.0 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 6.1 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 9.6 mi
- Dividend Falls: 10.1 mi
- Cascades: 10.3 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 11.2 mi
- Garden Wall: 4.7 mi
- Hart Meadow: 4.7 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.7 mi
- Superstructure: 4.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 4.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 15.9 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 19.1 mi
- Boating Side: 19.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.7 mi
- Big Spring: 19.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of A. Everett Austin House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | WNW 295° | 276 m | 5.1 mi |
| Taine Mountain | W 264° | 268 m | 10.7 mi |
| East Hill | WNW 297° | 261 m | 10.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WNW 292° | 257 m | 11.5 mi |
| Onion Mountain | WNW 302° | 253 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ely Mound | W 279° | 246 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Horr | WNW 290° | 238 m | 10.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 99° | 237 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 94001189OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/914844375
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Tolland · 19 mi
- Longmeadow · 20 mi
- Somers · 20 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- Storrs · 24 mi
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