- Elevation, modelled
- 4 m
- Tallest summit within 11.6 miles
- Barn Hill200 m · 11.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Merritt Parkway4.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.1757, -73.1882
Barnum Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled 4 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Housatonic Museum of Art, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.
history Museum in Connecticut, U.S
Dates from 1893.
Wikidata Q4862010, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Built
- 1893
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Barnum Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barn Hill | N 1° | 200 m | 11.6 mi |
| Moose Hill | N 355° | 198 m | 10.9 mi |
| Israel Hill | N 2° | 192 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bugg Hill | N 351° | 189 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNW 331° | 179 m | 6.7 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | N 6° | 171 m | 9.1 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 317° | 170 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hirams Hill | NNW 335° | 167 m | 9.3 mi |
- 4.1 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- Catharine B Mitchell Museum: 3.2 mi
- National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.3 mi
- Connecticut Air & Space Center: 3.5 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
- Perry Memorial Archway: 0.9 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Goosetown Park: 1.4 mi
- Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 1.5 mi
- Ye Olde King's Highway: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.1 mi
- Success Hill: 2.1 mi
- Tunxis Hill: 2.6 mi
- Academy Hill: 3.2 mi
- Second Hill: 3.6 mi
Beaches
- Seaside Beach: 1.4 mi
- Long Beach: 2.7 mi
- Jennings Beach: 3.4 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 3.9 mi
- Lordship Beach: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 30
- Farmill River Falls: 7.3 mi
- Cascades: 7.9 mi
- Cascade: 8.6 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 9.5 mi
- Cascade: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 17
- Burr Homestead: 4.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.0 mi
- Earthplace: 10.2 mi
- 3-town marker: 11.6 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Tongue Point Light: 0.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 4.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 4.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 4.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Pleasure Beach: 1.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 19.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
- National Register of Historic Places — Barnum Museum, reference 72001300, listed 11/07/72.
- OpenStreetMap record
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata
- Official site
- National Register of Historic Places, reference 72001300
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 20 mi
- Bayville · 27 mi
- Oyster Bay · 28 mi
- Port Chester · 28 mi
- Rye Brook · 28 mi
- Purchase · 29 mi
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