Hicks-Stearns Family Museum
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Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Tolland County Jail and Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
The story
The Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is a Victorian historic house museum located on the town green in Tolland, Connecticut. The house was built in 1788, when it served as a tavern. It was occupied by the Hicks family from 1845 until 1970. Along with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum, the Tolland County Courthouse, and the Daniel Benton Homestead, the Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is one of Tolland's four major landmarks.
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Wikidata Q96418555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 17.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 0.0 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 4.2 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 5.3 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Old Post Road Open Space: 0.1 mi
- Torry Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Dunn Hill Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Tolland Stage Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Paulk Hill Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 0.8 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.5 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 7.8 mi
- Paulk Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sugar Hill: 1.6 mi
- Reed Hill: 2.5 mi
- Cassidy Hill: 2.9 mi
- Kendall Hill: 3.4 mi
- Crystal Springs: 2.3 mi
- North Cemetery: 2.3 mi
- Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.7 mi
- Laidlaw Park: 4.0 mi
- Henry Park: 4.0 mi
- The Walking Wall: 7.3 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 7.3 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 7.3 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 7.4 mi
- The Arc: 7.4 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 0.3 mi
- sensory garden: 3.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.2 mi
- filled-in well: 4.9 mi
- Wolf Rock: 11.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 11.9 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.6 mi
- The Dreamyard: 12.8 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 3.9 mi
- Cascades: 6.0 mi
- Cascades: 6.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 7.0 mi
- Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 6.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 10.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Crow Point: 17.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 3.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.2 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 10.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 15.0 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 20.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
- Picnic: 17.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 18.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Hicks-Stearns Family Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | NE 51° | 371 m | 11.3 mi |
| Snow Hill | NE 55° | 362 m | 9.9 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | ENE 56° | 361 m | 11.3 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NE 44° | 354 m | 10.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 4° | 332 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sky Hill | ENE 58° | 331 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 350° | 323 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 345° | 322 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/301565416
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 0 mi
- Storrs · 7 mi
- Somers · 9 mi
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Union · 13 mi
- Willimantic · 13 mi
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