Danbury Museum and Historical Society
Danbury Museum and Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 121 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is 9-11 Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
The Danbury Museum and Historical Society is a museum located in Danbury, Connecticut, the purpose of which is to acquire, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the heritage of the Greater Danbury area for education, information, and research. The main campus of the museum is located on 43 Main Street. It is home to five historic buildings: Huntington Hall, the 1785 Rider House, the 1790 John Dodd Hat Shop, the Little Red Schoolhouse, and the Marian Anderson Studio. The museum also operates a sixth building: the Charles Ives Birthplace, located on Mountainville Avenue.
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Dates from 1947.
Wikidata Q5214968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 121 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 9-11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
- The Vietnam War Monument: 0.2 mi
- The Korean War Monument: 0.2 mi
- War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Lions Club: 0.4 mi
- Elmwood Park: 0.2 mi
- Rogers Park: 0.4 mi
- Blind Brook Park: 0.4 mi
- Rogers Park Memorial Field: 0.5 mi
- Freedom Park: 0.6 mi
- Deer Hill: 0.3 mi
- Town Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mountain End: 0.8 mi
- Town Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Shelter Rock: 1.2 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 0.5 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 4.7 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 7.9 mi
- Hammond Museum: 8.1 mi
- Old Quarry Nature Center: 1.0 mi
- Sykes Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Shadow Lake Road): 3.4 mi
- Stephenson Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Briar Ridge Road, Rear): 3.4 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 0.6 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 0.6 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 6.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.7 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 5.4 mi
- South Beach: 6.1 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 6.5 mi
- North Beach: 6.6 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.9 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 5.8 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.4 mi
- Sheep Falls: 9.8 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 1.9 mi
- 3-town marker: 8.8 mi
- Weir House: 9.1 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 10.0 mi
- New Milford Tank: 13.2 mi
- greek letter pi: 1.8 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 2.1 mi
- Lesser Evil: 2.2 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 8.2 mi
- Annunaki: 11.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 3.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.7 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 12.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 13.2 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Pell Hill: 11.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 12.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 3.8 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.6 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 20.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 21.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 24.2 mi
- Dicktown: 18.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.4 mi
- Cuties Island: 24.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 9.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Danbury Museum and Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titicus Mountain | NW 322° | 313 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SW 220° | 304 m | 3.4 mi |
| Cranson Peak | ESE 108° | 303 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | SW 226° | 299.314 m | 7.6 mi |
| Moses Mountain | SSW 207° | 296 m | 2.2 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | SSW 212° | 290 m | 5.1 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | SSW 200° | 286 m | 1.6 mi |
| West Mountain | SW 216° | 285 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/312396927
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 16 mi
- Stamford · 21 mi
- Cold Spring · 26 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 26 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 27 mi
- Ossining · 27 mi
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