Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
historic house museum in Stonington, Connecticut, United States
Dates from 1852.
Wikidata Q599129, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Stonington Historical Society
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.0 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.3 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 18.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 0.1 mi
- Cutler Street Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Dodge Paddock / Beal Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Paffard Woods Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 0.5 mi
- Cannon Square: 0.8 mi
- Barn Island Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Barn Island Hunting Area: 2.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.5 mi
- Borough Hall: 0.6 mi
- Cannon Square: 0.8 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.2 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 2.0 mi
- Staunton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.6 mi
- Pequot Hill: 3.9 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 1.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.5 mi
- Children's Museum: 3.2 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 3.2 mi
- DuBois Beach: 1.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 2.7 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.3 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.5 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 3.7 mi
- Penguin: 3.1 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.2 mi
- Mjolnir: 3.3 mi
- Giant Gnome: 3.3 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 3.4 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 1.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.4 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 3.5 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 4.5 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 9.3 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 10.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Yantic Falls: 16.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 16.8 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 20.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 3.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 3.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.7 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- Clay Head: 20.3 mi
- Crow Head: 20.6 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 21.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
- Powder House: 10.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.0 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.8 mi
- Old Spring: 6.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 352° | 163 m | 10.8 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 13° | 158 m | 10.7 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 357° | 155 m | 10.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 8° | 149 m | 9.4 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 345° | 144 m | 10.0 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 354° | 139 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 2° | 139 m | 8.8 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 355° | 132 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/948793733
Day trips start here
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Mystic · 3 mi
- Watch Hill · 4 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Groton · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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