Mattatuck Museum
Mattatuck Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers' Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.
The story
The Mattatuck Museum is a cultural institution based in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. The museum's displays include the history, industries and culture of Waterbury and the Central Naugatuck Valley area, and art, including works about the state's history, people and scenery, and works of artists from Connecticut. The museum also features a collection of 15,000 buttons from around the world.
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Dates from 1877.
Wikidata Q6789613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 92 m
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Soldiers' Monument: 0.0 mi
- Veterans Monument: 0.1 mi
- Clock-On-The-Green: 0.1 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Father McGivney Monument: 0.2 mi
- Center Square: 0.1 mi
- Hayden Park: 0.2 mi
- Library Park: 0.3 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Park: 0.5 mi
- West Dover Street Playground: 0.7 mi
- Rowland Park: 1.0 mi
- American Italian Civic Club Park: 2.3 mi
- Juniper Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sperry Easement: 2.9 mi
- Bristol Park: 3.1 mi
- Westside Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.0 mi
- Nichols Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.7 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.5 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 1.5 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Biblical Garden: 1.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 1.6 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 4.3 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 5.0 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 7.9 mi
- Railroad Museum of New England: 8.1 mi
- Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Cascade: 5.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 6.9 mi
- Ben Franklin: 0.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 0.3 mi
- Maori Head: 0.6 mi
- Jean Widmark: 11.7 mi
- Rock House: 6.1 mi
- Libby's Lump: 7.4 mi
- Millstone: 9.3 mi
- Millstone: 9.4 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 10.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 4.5 mi
- Waterfront: 5.2 mi
- Boating Side: 5.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.8 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 12.7 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 4.5 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 6.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.3 mi
- Ravens Roost: 11.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.2 mi
- Pond View: 19.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 19.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 19.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 20.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Mattatuck Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | NE 38° | 313 m | 8.0 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | NE 42° | 312 m | 6.1 mi |
| Clinton Hill | NNE 23° | 303 m | 4.6 mi |
| Becar Hill | NNE 33° | 297 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 357° | 295 m | 7.4 mi |
| Great Hill | WSW 251° | 292 m | 5.1 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | NE 46° | 290 m | 7.5 mi |
| Fall Mountain | NNE 24° | 284 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/467492386
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