Institute for American Indian Studies
Institute for American Indian Studies is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Mount Tom stands 393 m to the north-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian village, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.
The story
archive organization in Washington D.C., United States
Dates from 1975.
Wikidata Q30257884, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- American Indian Archaeological Institute: 0.1 mi
- Steep Rock Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Battle Swamp Brook Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Steep Rock Association, Inc.: 1.9 mi
- Raven Rock Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Steep Rock: 0.7 mi
- Raven Rock: 1.6 mi
- Lower Church Hill: 1.8 mi
- Painter Hill: 2.0 mi
- Plumb Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bryan Plaza: 2.2 mi
- Hodge Park: 3.3 mi
- Hurlburt Park: 4.2 mi
- New Milford Center Historic District: 4.8 mi
- Ray Ramsey Park: 5.1 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 3.8 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.3 mi
- Mill Ruins: 4.8 mi
- Jim Hulton: 7.2 mi
- New Preston Falls: 4.8 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.2 mi
- Cascades: 10.9 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 10.9 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 1.6 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 6.9 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Indian village: 0.0 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 3.4 mi
- New Milford Tank: 5.0 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 6.4 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 6.4 mi
- Judea Garden: 5.1 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 7.7 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.6 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 13.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 13.7 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 7.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.9 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 8.9 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 9.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.3 mi
- Kelly Slide: 6.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 7.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 11.7 mi
- Jean Widmark: 4.0 mi
- Lesser Evil: 14.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 15.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 15.0 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 15.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
- Pond View: 20.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 20.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 20.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 21.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 10.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Institute for American Indian Studies. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | NNE 25° | 393 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 311° | 390 m | 5.1 mi |
| Tinker Hill | NNW 340° | 364 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Bushnell | NNW 340° | 363 m | 5.4 mi |
| Peet Hill | NW 309° | 359 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Rat | NNE 11° | 352 m | 5.5 mi |
| Todd Hill | NE 55° | 344 m | 5.7 mi |
| Tanner Hill | N 355° | 342 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/967976124
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 25 mi
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