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Mansfield Historical Society

Mansfield Historical Society from directly overhead

Mansfield Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78789, -72.22422

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Spring Hill Fields: 0.6 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 1.5 mi
  • Southeast Park: 2.0 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks: 56
Waterfalls: 38
  • Codfish Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Cascades: 3.4 mi
  • Cascades: 3.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 33
Gardens: 31
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 2.2 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 17.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Mansfield Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whifford HillNNW 346°291 m7.4 mi
Westford HillN 10°290 m8.8 mi
Grant HillWNW 284°284 m8.6 mi
Parker MountainN 351°275 m8.6 mi
Reed HillWNW 293°275 m10.0 mi
Sharpe HillN 7°268 m8.7 mi
Sprague HillNE 56°257 m9.6 mi
Grass HillNNE 18°250 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9459293763

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