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Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building

Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building from directly overhead

Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 333 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Litchfield Community Field, a park 0.5 miles away.

About

The story

History society in Connecticut, United States

Dates from 1856.

Wikidata Q30258108, matched on coordinates and name (53 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
333 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74664, -73.18851
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • White Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Upper Bantam River Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Wigwam Brook Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
  • Wigwam Brook Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
  • Boyd Woods Audubon Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Knife Shop Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Marshepaug Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 43
Cliffs: 30
  • Hornet's Nest: 3.6 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 8.8 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 10.1 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 10.2 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 1.7 mi
  • Judea Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 13
Artworks: 11
  • Jean Widmark: 12.9 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 15.2 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 15.2 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 15.3 mi
  • Maori Head: 15.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 11.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainNW 313°513 m7.6 mi
The PinnacleNW 311°502 m7.9 mi
Brass MountainNNW 343°491 m8.3 mi
Bartholomew HillNNW 327°484 m8.4 mi
Beech HillN 353°452 m8.4 mi
Above AllW 261°450 m8.6 mi
Peck MountainWNW 291°447 m8.4 mi
HogsheadWNW 300°446 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1003818936

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