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Essex Historical Society

Essex Historical Society, a museum in Connecticut
Essex Historical Society, a museum in ConnecticutROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0
Essex Historical Society, a museum in Connecticut
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Essex Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Essex Square, a park 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

Hill's Academy is a historic school building at 22 Prospect Street in Essex, Connecticut. It is now the home of the Essex Historical Society, and was also historically known as the Red Men's Hall because it served as an Improved Order of Red Men lodge. It is a two-story Greek Revival building that was built in 1832, and was used as a school until 1910. It was used by the Improved Order of Red Men between 1915 and 1954. The town then established the Essex Historical Society to receive the property and to preserve local history. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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Wikidata Q5761907, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.35340, -72.39338

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Essex Square: 0.1 mi
  • Essex Tennis Courts: 0.2 mi
  • Municipal Triangle: 0.2 mi
  • Essex Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hubbard Field: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Waterfalls: 41
  • Cascade: 6.6 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Cascade: 7.5 mi
  • Cascade: 7.5 mi
  • Succor Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Stone Table: 3.6 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 5.0 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 5.1 mi
  • tri-town marker: 7.3 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Essex Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tater HillNNE 13°179 m7.6 mi
Bald HillN 350°167 m7.6 mi
Turkey HillNW 313°140 m8.2 mi
Turkey HillNW 308°138 m7.0 mi
Mount ArcherNNE 28°136 m3.9 mi
Grassy HillENE 61°129 m6.7 mi
Wig HillNW 307°128 m5.9 mi
Tower HillW 272°126 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1315:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6273409693

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