Housatonic Museum of Art
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Housatonic Museum of Art is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Moose Hill stands 198 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is McLevy Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
The Housatonic Museum of Art is a museum at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. The museum's collection is displayed throughout the college campus and in the Burt Chernow Galleries, which also hosts visiting exhibitions.
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Dates from 1967.
Wikidata Q5913507, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 14 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McLevy Green: 0.1 mi
- Baldwin Plaza: 0.3 mi
- City Hall Park: 0.4 mi
- Shoreline Star Greyhound Park and Entertainment Complex: 0.6 mi
- Went Field: 0.7 mi
- Barnum Museum: 0.1 mi
- Catharine B Mitchell Museum: 3.3 mi
- National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.4 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 3.5 mi
- Connecticut Air & Space Center: 3.6 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 0.8 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.8 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.9 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Perry Memorial Archway: 0.8 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Goosetown Park: 1.3 mi
- Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 1.4 mi
- Pro Patria: 1.5 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.0 mi
- Success Hill: 2.3 mi
- Tunxis Hill: 2.4 mi
- Academy Hill: 3.3 mi
- Osborne Hill: 3.5 mi
- Seaside Beach: 1.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 1.6 mi
- Long Beach: 2.7 mi
- Money Beach: 2.8 mi
- Jennings Beach: 3.3 mi
- Gypsy Springs Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Woodside Circle Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 2.6 mi
- Drew Park: 2.7 mi
- New England Avenue Playground: 2.8 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascades: 8.0 mi
- Cascade: 8.7 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 9.4 mi
- Cascade: 9.5 mi
- Heron: 4.8 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.9 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.9 mi
- Mother Mary: 6.1 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 11.7 mi
- Burr Homestead: 3.9 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.0 mi
- Earthplace: 10.1 mi
- 3-town marker: 11.6 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 9.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 10.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 0.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 4.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 4.8 mi
- Fog Signal House: 4.8 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 20.2 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 20.6 mi
- Castle Rock: 20.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 1.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 19.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Housatonic Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | N 356° | 198 m | 10.9 mi |
| Israel Hill | N 3° | 192 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bugg Hill | N 352° | 189 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNW 332° | 179 m | 6.7 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | N 7° | 171 m | 9.2 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 318° | 170 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hirams Hill | NNW 336° | 167 m | 9.3 mi |
| Booth Hill | N 2° | 160 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367140313
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 20 mi
- Bayville · 27 mi
- Oyster Bay · 28 mi
- Port Chester · 28 mi
- Rye Brook · 28 mi
- Purchase · 29 mi
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