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Cheney Homestead Museum

Cheney Homestead Museum from directly overhead

Cheney Homestead Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Fire Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
52 m

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Historical Society

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76369, -72.52556

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
Parks
  • Mount Nebo Park: 0.6 mi
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Center Park: 0.8 mi
  • Attawanhood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Case Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 4.6 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.0 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.2 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.5 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.6 mi
  • filled-in well: 6.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Flag Rock: 4.4 mi
  • Crow Point: 6.1 mi
  • South Wall: 14.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Cheney Homestead Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNE 41°294 m10.8 mi
Grant HillENE 63°284 m8.0 mi
Sugar HillNE 41°282 m12.0 mi
Reed HillNE 48°275 m8.5 mi
MannantuckSE 144°273 m4.7 mi
John Tom HillSE 144°272 m4.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 185°265 m9.3 mi
Box HillNE 54°252 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/899275849

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