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Butler-McCook Homestead

Butler-McCook Homestead from directly overhead

Butler-McCook Homestead is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulaski, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1782
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.76066, -72.67464
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Cascades: 8.2 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 22
  • Crow Point: 4.7 mi
  • South Wall: 6.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 6.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 20.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Windham Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Butler-McCook Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 299°276 m7.3 mi
MannantuckESE 109°273 m11.0 mi
John Tom HillESE 109°272 m11.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 143°265 m11.3 mi
Ely MoundWNW 288°246 m6.9 mi
Lookout MountainE 92°237 m9.7 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 117°234 m10.0 mi
Birch MountainE 94°233 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000907OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Butler-McCook Homestead, reference 71000907, listed 03/11/71.

OpenStreetMap element way/161792608

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