Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is UN Tree of Norwalk, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
The Lockwood–Mathews Mansion is a Second Empire style country house in Norwalk, Connecticut. Now a museum, it was built in 1864-68 for railroad and banking magnate LeGrand Lockwood. The 62-room 44,000 square feet (4,100 m2) mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978. It has been described as "one of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire style country houses ever built in the United States." It sits at 295 West Ave., in Mathews Park, where the Stepping Stones Museum for Children is also located.
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Wikidata Q1635434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- UN Tree of Norwalk: 0.0 mi
- Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 0.4 mi
- War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.9 mi
- War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Mathews Park: 0.1 mi
- Heritage Wall: 0.1 mi
- William D. Peters Park: 0.1 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.4 mi
- Stepping Stones Museum for Children: 0.1 mi
- Norwalk Art Space: 0.1 mi
- Norwalk Museum;Norwalk Museum Historical Reference Library: 0.6 mi
- SONO Switch Tower Museum: 0.7 mi
- The Mather Homestead: 3.0 mi
- Norwalk Harbor Walk: 0.5 mi
- River Edge Park: 0.5 mi
- North Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
- Betts Brook Park: 1.3 mi
- Meadow Street Park: 1.4 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.5 mi
- Golden Hill: 0.7 mi
- Sasqua Hill: 1.4 mi
- Middle Clapboard Hill: 2.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 2.7 mi
- Marvin Beach: 1.5 mi
- Harbor View Beach: 2.0 mi
- Calf Pasture Beach: 2.1 mi
- Long Beach: 2.6 mi
- Compo Beach: 3.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.9 mi
- Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Wildflower garden: 7.2 mi
- Dancing Girl: 7.5 mi
- Samford Sign: 7.6 mi
- Stamford Cone: 7.8 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.4 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 11.9 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 3.2 mi
- Earthplace: 3.3 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.1 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 4.6 mi
- Burr Homestead: 8.9 mi
- The Meadow: 6.8 mi
- Pell Hill: 13.3 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.4 mi
- Cascade: 9.3 mi
- Sheep Falls: 9.7 mi
- Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cascade: 10.0 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 3.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 9.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 9.3 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 10.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 13.1 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 12.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 12.1 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 12.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 7.0 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 13.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becks Hill | NNW 327° | 208 m | 9.5 mi |
| Nod Hill | N 349° | 199 m | 10.7 mi |
| Nod HIll | N 349° | 197 m | 10.7 mi |
| Gilbert Hill | N 359° | 186 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 337° | 184 m | 7.9 mi |
| Upper Bald Hill | NNW 339° | 171 m | 8.9 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | NNW 341° | 164 m | 7.1 mi |
| Powells Hill | NNE 27° | 159 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:45 | 16:29 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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