American Clock and Watch Museum
American Clock and Watch Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Federal Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
The American Clock & Watch Museum (ACWM), located in Bristol, Connecticut, is one of a very few museums in the United States dedicated solely to horology, which is the history, science and art of timekeeping and timekeepers. Located in the heart of the historic center of American clockmaking, ACWM is the world's preeminent horological museum in the area of American clocks, primarily industrial-made clocks of the 19th and early 20th century. The museum is located in a complex including the historic Miles Lewis residence, the partially relocated historic 1728 Barnes homestead, and a modern extension wing in the town of Bristol, Connecticut, the hometown of the former Ingraham and Sessions clock companies. Bristol is located north of Interstate Highway 84, about 30 minutes west of Hartford CT or two hours from New York City. The ACWM is an independent educational institution, operating under Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and besides a small professional staff relies on volunteers for much of its manpower and support. Originally known as The Bristol Clock Museum, the institution was started in 1952 and acquired its site the next year.
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Dates from 1952.
Wikidata Q4743426, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 136 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Federal Hill: 0.4 mi
- West Hill: 0.7 mi
- Hurley Hill: 0.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.7 mi
- Round Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 0.5 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 0.6 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 0.6 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 0.7 mi
- Lock Museum of America: 3.7 mi
- Brackett Park: 0.7 mi
- Page Park: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Boulevard Park: 0.8 mi
- Rockwell Park: 1.1 mi
- Wilson Playground: 1.2 mi
- Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Environmental Learning Centers: 1.3 mi
- Town Conservation Land (Brook Street): 1.5 mi
- Shangri-La Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Girl Scouts of CT: 2.0 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 1.1 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 1.2 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 3.3 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 4.9 mi
- plinth: 5.5 mi
- Cascades: 2.6 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
- Whigville Falls: 3.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cascade: 7.0 mi
- Libby's Lump: 3.7 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 4.0 mi
- Tory's Den: 4.0 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 4.3 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 5.7 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.5 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 11.2 mi
- Home: 8.3 mi
- Maori Head: 10.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 10.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 10.2 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 10.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 3.9 mi
- Ravens Roost: 3.9 mi
- Green Wall: 5.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 5.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Boating Side: 6.0 mi
- Waterfront: 6.1 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 14.4 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.7 mi
- Big Spring: 19.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of American Clock and Watch Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | NNW 332° | 354 m | 5.8 mi |
| South Mountain | S 189° | 313 m | 2.2 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SSW 198° | 312 m | 4.1 mi |
| Camp Hill | W 279° | 311 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lattin Hill | W 272° | 310 m | 8.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | W 271° | 307 m | 8.9 mi |
| Clinton Hill | SW 219° | 303 m | 5.5 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | NNW 346° | 300 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/725995199
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- East Windsor · 26 mi
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