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Connecticut Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum

Connecticut Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum from directly overhead

Connecticut Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 43 m. Rattlesnake Hill stands 323 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Connecticut Trolley Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
43 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.93073, -72.59480

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Prospect Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Osbourne Field: 1.4 mi
  • Town Hall Ball Park: 1.8 mi
  • Pesci Park: 1.9 mi
  • Ahern Park: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.8 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Back Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Side Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.4 mi
Artworks
  • Cow: 8.8 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.6 mi
  • The Three Graces: 10.1 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 10.9 mi
  • Sorry Rock: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 55
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.2 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.2 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.2 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.7 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 44
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Cascade: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 12.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 14.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.8 mi
  • Crow Point: 15.5 mi
Springs: 8
  • Rd: 18.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Connecticut Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake HillNE 54°323 m11.9 mi
Bald MountainENE 66°322 m10.4 mi
Soapstone MountainENE 78°315 m9.6 mi
Bald MountainNE 54°303 m12.3 mi
Perkins MountainNE 56°298 m11.5 mi
Paulk HillESE 108°294 m11.3 mi
Kendall HillE 93°290 m12.0 mi
Sugar HillESE 102°282 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/505191921

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