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Connecticut Trolley Museum

Connecticut Trolley Museum from directly overhead

Connecticut Trolley Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Branford Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
20 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.27642, -72.85340

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 0.7 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 0.7 mi
  • World War Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 0.8 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 48
Waterfalls: 38
Attractions: 23
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 1.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 7.3 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
  • Bear Cave: 9.8 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 22
  • John B Pierce: 4.5 mi
  • An American Dream: 4.5 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 4.7 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 5.3 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 5.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.6 mi
  • Pond View: 20.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Connecticut Trolley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 334°216 m10.4 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNE 29°210 m12.3 mi
Mount CarmelN 350°206 m10.8 mi
Round HillNW 315°190 m10.9 mi
Peck HillNW 307°183 m11.7 mi
Totoket MountainNNE 28°176 m9.5 mi
Peck HillNW 306°171 m11.5 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE 44°167 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367140046

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