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Blue Slope Country Museum

Blue Slope Country Museum from directly overhead

Blue Slope Country Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 121 m. Gates Hill stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 8.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
121 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.58774, -72.17332
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bozrah Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Firemen's Field: 3.1 mi
  • Fernwood Playground: 3.7 mi
  • Giddings Park: 3.7 mi
  • Aspinall Recreation Complex: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Waterfalls: 46
Beaches: 41
Artworks: 39
Attractions: 38
Gardens: 31
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Old Spring: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Blue Slope Country Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gates HillNNW 342°204 m7.0 mi
Clarks HillNW 309°196 m8.7 mi
Obwebetuck HillN 355°185 m6.3 mi
Sweet HillNNW 333°183 m6.4 mi
Chapel HillS 190°182 m8.4 mi
Goshen HillWNW 290°174 m3.9 mi
Cooks HillNNW 326°174 m7.6 mi
Pleasure HillNNE 27°172 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1315:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367140080

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