Connecticut Trolley Museum
Connecticut Trolley 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 Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.
The story
The Connecticut Trolley Museum, also known as the Warehouse Point Trolley Museum, is the oldest incorporated museum dedicated to electric railroading in the United States. Founded in October 1940, the museum is located in East Windsor, Connecticut and is open to the public February through December. The museum features static and moving displays, and self-guided tours of the state's trolley history. Also located on the same property is the Connecticut Fire Museum which exhibits antique fire apparatus and motor coaches.
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Dates from 1940.
Wikidata Q5161642, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 43 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 25.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Connecticut Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum: 0.0 mi
- East Windsor Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
- Enfield Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- King House Museum: 4.3 mi
- New England Air Museum: 5.0 mi
- 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
- Soldiers Memorial Hall: 1.7 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Suffield Academy Bell: 4.7 mi
- Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 4.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Birges Hill: 2.3 mi
- Barrett Hill: 2.4 mi
- Lighthouse Hill: 4.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.5 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 4.6 mi
- 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
- Cow: 8.8 mi
- Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.6 mi
- The Three Graces: 10.0 mi
- Freedom Eagle: 10.8 mi
- Sorry Rock: 11.0 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 5.1 mi
- C-7A "Caribou": 5.2 mi
- A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.2 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 7.7 mi
- The Dreamyard: 8.0 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 9.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 9.2 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 11.2 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 12.8 mi
- Cascade: 12.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 12.3 mi
- Hart Meadow: 14.7 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.7 mi
- Garden Wall: 14.8 mi
- Superstructure: 15.5 mi
- Rd: 18.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.4 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 20.9 mi
- Big Spring: 21.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
- Babbs Beach: 10.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 16.1 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 17.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.7 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Connecticut Trolley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Hill | NE 54° | 323 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 66° | 322 m | 10.3 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | ENE 78° | 315 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 54° | 303 m | 12.3 mi |
| Perkins Mountain | NE 56° | 298 m | 11.5 mi |
| Paulk Hill | ESE 108° | 294 m | 11.3 mi |
| Kendall Hill | E 93° | 290 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sugar Hill | ESE 103° | 282 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/505191920
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 2 mi
- Longmeadow · 8 mi
- Somers · 9 mi
- Tolland · 12 mi
- Hampden · 13 mi
- Ludlow · 17 mi
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