J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum
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J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mobius Solaris, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
The story
The J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum is a public museum located on the University of Connecticut's main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The museum documents and celebrates UConn's intercollegiate athletics. Opening its doors on January 19, 2002, the 2,700-square-foot museum was named in honor of benefactor and 1940 Connecticut basketball and football captain J. Robert (Bob) Donnelly (1971-2005). Exhibits include national and regional championship trophies, trading cards, photographs, and various sports memorabilia, as well as a six-screen video wall replaying moments of triumph for the UConn Huskies. A life-size fiberglass sculpture of Jonathan the Husky, UConn's mascot, greets visitors at the museum entrance. The Connecticut Basketball Rotunda, featuring NCAA championship trophies and life-size cutouts of Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo, is among the museum's permanent exhibits.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2002.
Wikidata Q24183704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Connecticut
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 0.2 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 0.7 mi
- Pine Lake Community Club: 1.9 mi
- Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 2.3 mi
- Cheney Drive Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Little Lane Open Space: 0.5 mi
- North Eagleville Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Hillyndale Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Costello Circle Open Space: 0.8 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 0.8 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 0.8 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 4.8 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 0.9 mi
- Ball Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 3.4 mi
- Knowlton Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pinney Hill: 3.7 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 1.1 mi
- Old root cellar: 1.8 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 2.6 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 3.7 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 0.2 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 0.2 mi
- The Walking Wall: 0.2 mi
- The Walking Wall: 0.2 mi
- UConn Seal: 0.3 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 0.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 0.2 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Cascades: 1.4 mi
- Cascades: 1.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 2.0 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 6.8 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 10.4 mi
- Wolf Rock: 4.1 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 7.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 9.4 mi
- filled-in well: 10.0 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 4.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 13.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 18.9 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 20.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 2.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 3.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 9.9 mi
- Crow Point: 19.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.4 mi
- Picnic: 17.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NW 308° | 294 m | 8.3 mi |
| Whifford Hill | N 359° | 291 m | 5.8 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNE 24° | 290 m | 8.0 mi |
| Kendall Hill | NW 325° | 290 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grant Hill | W 276° | 284 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NW 316° | 282 m | 8.4 mi |
| Parker Mountain | N 2° | 275 m | 7.1 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 290° | 275 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/7921579368
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 0 mi
- Tolland · 7 mi
- Willimantic · 7 mi
- Union · 13 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 14 mi
- Somers · 16 mi
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