Museum · Connecticut
Denison Homestead
Denison Homestead is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.7 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates41.36317, -71.94753
- 6.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 17.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.1 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Denison Homestead: 0.1 mi
- Mystic Little League Field: 0.6 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 0.8 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
- Mystic River Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Pequotsepos Brook Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Pequotsepos Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 0.4 mi
- Perkins Wildlife Corridor: 0.5 mi
- Coogan Farm & Nature Center: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 0.9 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 0.9 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 0.9 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Borough Hall: 3.0 mi
Peaks
- Pequot Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.0 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.5 mi
- Gallup Hill: 3.8 mi
Museums: 57
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 0.8 mi
- Children's Museum: 0.9 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 0.9 mi
- Mystic Museum of Art: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 54
- Austrailia Beach: 1.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 1.4 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.1 mi
- DuBois Beach: 3.2 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 24
- Penguin: 0.8 mi
- Mjolnir: 0.9 mi
- Giant Gnome: 0.9 mi
- Mystic Blue: 0.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 21
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 1.9 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 6.0 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 6.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Cascade: 3.7 mi
- Cascade: 3.9 mi
- Yantic Falls: 13.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 16
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 8.0 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 8.1 mi
- Sprout Garden: 8.4 mi
- Azalea Garden: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 6.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 6.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Crow Head: 20.6 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 21.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.2 mi
- Clay Head: 22.7 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 8.9 mi
- Powder House: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 14.8 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 4.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Denison Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 3° | 163 m | 9.3 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 10° | 155 m | 9.2 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 23° | 149 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 356° | 144 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 10° | 139 m | 6.8 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 17° | 139 m | 7.8 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 9° | 132 m | 7.8 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 337° | 120 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Mystic · 1 mi
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Groton · 4 mi
- Ledyard · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
- Watch Hill · 6 mi
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