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Hill Stead Museum

Hill Stead Museum, a museum in Connecticut
Hill Stead Museum, a museum in ConnecticutGK tramrunner229 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill Stead Museum, a museum in Connecticut
GK tramrunner229 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill Stead Museum, a museum in Connecticut
GK tramrunner229 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill Stead Museum, a museum in Connecticut
GK tramrunner229 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill Stead Museum, a museum in Connecticut
GK tramrunner229 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill Stead Museum, a museum in Connecticut
GK tramrunner229 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Hill Stead Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunken Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

Hill–Stead Museum is a Colonial Revival house and art museum set on a large estate at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington, Connecticut. It is best known for its French Impressionist masterpieces, architecture, and stately grounds. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark as a nationally significant example of Colonial Revival architecture, built in 1901 to designs that were the result of a unique collaboration between Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the United States' first female architects, and the renowned firm of McKim, Mead & White. The house was built for Riddle's father, Alfred Atmore Pope, and the art collection it houses was collected by Pope and Riddle.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q1618645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
100 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72193, -72.82036
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Will Warren's Den: 1.7 mi
  • Hospital Rock: 2.1 mi
  • The Carrals: 4.1 mi
  • Carousel: 4.1 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 4.1 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • plinth: 2.5 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.7 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 2.7 mi
  • Borinqueneers Monument: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.0 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Sunken Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
  • Wolcott Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 5.2 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 5.2 mi
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 20
  • Porcupine Hole: 1.5 mi
  • Green Wall: 1.6 mi
  • South Wall: 3.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 3.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 15.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Hill Stead Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainWNW 284°354 m9.2 mi
South MountainSW 232°313 m8.3 mi
Lindsley HillSW 228°312 m10.1 mi
Scranton MountainWNW 290°300 m8.0 mi
Mount HopeW 267°297 m7.8 mi
Compounce MountainSW 225°290 m8.7 mi
Schoolhouse HillWNW 299°288 m9.5 mi
Barnes HillNW 304°283 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/448994270

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