Durham Historical Society
Durham Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Durham Town Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
The story
human settlement in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q12163662, matched on coordinates and name (328 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.5 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Durham Town Green: 0.1 mi
- Allyn Brook Park: 0.4 mi
- Guida Farms Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
- Dooley Pond Public Access: 3.0 mi
- Peckham Field: 3.1 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Abraham Baldwin: 5.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Allyn Brook): 0.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Tuttle Road): 1.0 mi
- Parmelee Brook Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Otte Meadows Durham CT Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Durham Rod And Gun Club: 1.9 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 0.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 1.7 mi
- Round Hill: 2.6 mi
- Trimountain: 2.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 2.7 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.7 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 3.9 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 3.9 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 3.9 mi
- Seven Falls: 5.7 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 6.2 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 4.4 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 5.9 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 6.1 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 6.3 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 6.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 4.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 8.9 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 14.0 mi
- Circle Beach: 14.2 mi
- East Rive Beach: 14.3 mi
- snake: 4.5 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.1 mi
- First Tear: 6.1 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.0 mi
- Face in Tree: 12.4 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 2.6 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 2.8 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 3.1 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 4.6 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 4.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 4.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.8 mi
- Chimney Corner: 15.5 mi
- Crow Point: 16.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 11.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Durham Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | NNW 331° | 272 m | 6.3 mi |
| Trimountain | WSW 254° | 232 m | 2.9 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | WSW 238° | 230 m | 3.7 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | NW 311° | 219 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | SW 227° | 210 m | 4.0 mi |
| Camels Hump | NNW 328° | 207 m | 5.8 mi |
| Goose Hill | ESE 108° | 201 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 53° | 199 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/660421206
Day trips start here
- Essex · 17 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Old Saybrook · 20 mi
- Old Lyme · 22 mi
- East Lyme · 25 mi
- Montville · 27 mi
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