Academy Hall Museum
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Academy Hall Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 31 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill Fire Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.
The story
Academy Hall is a historic former school building at 785 Old Main Street in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Built in 1803, it is a well-preserved example of a Federal style academy. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It presently houses the Academy Hall Museum of the Rocky Hill Historical Society.
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Dates from 1803.
Wikidata Q4671361, matched on coordinates and name (52 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 31 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rocky Hill Historical Society
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 0.1 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 1.4 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 1.9 mi
- Museum on the Green: 2.9 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 3.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 0.4 mi
- Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 1.4 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1680-1830: 1.4 mi
- Billings Manufacturing 1884: 1.4 mi
- Center Green: 0.3 mi
- Shipyard Park: 0.3 mi
- Ferry Park: 0.4 mi
- Dr. Barbara Orsini Surwilo Park: 0.6 mi
- Ferry Landing Park: 0.6 mi
- Pratt Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Quarry Park: 0.5 mi
- Elm Ridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Dinosaur State Park: 1.3 mi
- Old Forge Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 0.5 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 1.6 mi
- Red Hill: 1.9 mi
- Harriss Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 2.9 mi
- Dividend Falls: 1.4 mi
- Cascades: 2.8 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.1 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
- The Cascade: 6.7 mi
- Constitution Oak: 3.2 mi
- Hay Tedder: 6.3 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 6.8 mi
- Car Wreck: 7.0 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 7.0 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 3.3 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 3.9 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.6 mi
- Frog: 6.4 mi
- Equality: 6.5 mi
- Pulaski: 6.8 mi
- Crow Point: 3.0 mi
- Green Wall: 10.3 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 10.3 mi
- South Wall: 10.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 10.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 14.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 18.0 mi
- Boating Side: 20.9 mi
- Waterfront: 21.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Academy Hall Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ENE 71° | 273 m | 9.0 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ENE 71° | 272 m | 9.0 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 117° | 265 m | 5.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | SE 130° | 241 m | 7.6 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ENE 74° | 234 m | 7.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 129° | 228 m | 6.1 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 144° | 222 m | 7.3 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | ENE 58° | 215 m | 7.5 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 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/713929024
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- East Windsor · 18 mi
- Tolland · 20 mi
- Storrs · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 22 mi
- Somers · 24 mi
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