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Fort Trumbull Visitor Center

Fort Trumbull Visitor Center from directly overhead

Fort Trumbull Visitor Center is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Fort, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut State Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.34381, -72.09448

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Fort Griswold Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Mallory Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Averys Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Stuart Hill: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Cascade: 4.1 mi
  • Silver Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Cascade: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 24
Artworks: 19
Gardens: 17
  • Bertholf Plaza: 2.2 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 2.5 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Fort Trumbull Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillNNW 338°149 m8.0 mi
Crandall HillNNW 347°137 m7.8 mi
Ridge HillNW 319°134 m7.8 mi
Morgan HillNW 312°120 m7.0 mi
Polly HillNW 308°117 m6.8 mi
Konomoc HillNW 318°112 m5.8 mi
Pie HillNNW 342°109 m7.1 mi
Gungywamp HillNNE 28°108 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 72001333OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/608450370

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