Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Jessica Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center is a museum of Native American culture in Mashantucket, Connecticut, owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1998-08-11.
Wikidata Q6783079, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.9 mi off the Shannock Road
- 15.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Jessica Lane Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Lantern Hill Pond Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Homestead Road Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Long Pond Boat Launch: 1.1 mi
- Wintechog Hill Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Lantern Hill: 1.1 mi
- Ayer Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cider Hill: 1.6 mi
- Wintechog Hill: 2.0 mi
- Church Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cellar Hole: 1.2 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 7.1 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 7.1 mi
- Sawmill Park: 1.8 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 2.3 mi
- Model Park: 2.6 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 3.6 mi
- Downer-Doanes Park: 4.3 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 5.2 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 5.5 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 7.1 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 7.1 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 7.1 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 7.3 mi
- Williams Beach: 8.3 mi
- Groton Beach: 9.8 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 9.8 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 9.9 mi
- Stone Turtle: 3.1 mi
- Giant Gnome: 6.4 mi
- Mjolnir: 6.4 mi
- Penguin: 6.4 mi
- River Blue: 6.8 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.5 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 8.0 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 8.8 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 10.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 8.1 mi
- Cascade: 8.1 mi
- Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.8 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 14.6 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.4 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 9.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 9.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.2 mi
- Powder House: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.9 mi
- Big Beach: 24.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 12.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 12.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 12.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.6 mi
- Old Spring: 3.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 17.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 31° | 163 m | 2.5 mi |
| Chapman Hill | ENE 70° | 158 m | 5.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | NE 50° | 155 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | ENE 67° | 153 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNE 26° | 152 m | 5.8 mi |
| Stewart Hill | E 79° | 149 m | 4.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNE 13° | 144 m | 1.2 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | E 101° | 139 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/361379941
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 3 mi
- Preston · 3 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Griswold · 8 mi
- Mystic · 8 mi
- Stonington · 8 mi
Take the scenic way to Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.