Eli Whitney Museum
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Eli Whitney Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families. The museum's main building is located on a portion of the Eli Whitney Gun Factory site, a gun factory erected by Eli Whitney in 1798. The museum focuses on teaching experiments that are the roots of design and invention, featuring hands-on building projects and exhibits on Whitney and A. C. Gilbert.
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Dates from 1979.
Wikidata Q3867595, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park: 0.1 mi
- Edgerton Park: 0.2 mi
- Eli Whitney Park: 0.5 mi
- Augur Field: 0.6 mi
- East Rock Park: 0.7 mi
- Eli Whitney Plaque: 0.1 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 0.7 mi
- Reverend George W Hampton Corner: 1.2 mi
- Joe Grate Corner: 1.6 mi
- Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 1.6 mi
- Whitney Peak: 0.3 mi
- Mill Rock: 0.5 mi
- East Rock: 0.7 mi
- Indian Head: 0.8 mi
- Snake Rock: 1.0 mi
- Glacial Kettle: 1.2 mi
- Henry and Irene Garguilo Wildlife Refuge: 1.4 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Johnson's Pond: 2.0 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 1.6 mi
- Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 1.8 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 1.9 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 3.0 mi
- Shell Beach: 6.3 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 6.4 mi
- Short Beach: 6.5 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 6.5 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 6.5 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 0.8 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 1.2 mi
- Pollinator garden: 1.2 mi
- Desert House: 1.2 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.0 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 4.7 mi
- Sperry Falls: 5.1 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cascade: 6.6 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.1 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 6.7 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.3 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 10.7 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 0.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.3 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.5 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 2.2 mi
- An American Dream: 2.6 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 20.7 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
- Pond View: 16.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 16.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 16.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 18.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 0.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Eli Whitney Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNW 347° | 263 m | 8.9 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNW 342° | 253 m | 10.0 mi |
| Beacon Cap | NNW 331° | 221 m | 10.0 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 343° | 216 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Carmel | N 9° | 206 m | 6.6 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NW 309° | 199 m | 10.0 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NW 325° | 193 m | 7.6 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 306° | 190 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/289317407
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- Essex · 27 mi
- Old Saybrook · 28 mi
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