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Middlebury Historical Society

Middlebury Historical Society from directly overhead

Middlebury Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the west-northwest, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bronson Meadow, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Dates from 1807.

Wikidata Q2572235, matched on coordinates and name (119 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Middlebury Historical Society, Inc.

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.52714, -73.12199

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Meadowview Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ledgewood Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • U.S.D.A plaque: 1.5 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 4.2 mi
  • Fountain: 4.2 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 4.3 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 57
  • East Meadow Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Southford Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 50
Beaches: 46
  • Waterfront: 8.4 mi
  • Boating Side: 8.5 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Mattatuck Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 41
Artworks: 24
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 4.4 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 4.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 4.4 mi
  • Maori Head: 4.8 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 23
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
  • Pond View: 15.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Middlebury Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillWNW 302°292 m0.9 mi
Good HillWNW 285°292 m7.5 mi
Blackmans HillWNW 292°282 m2.6 mi
Andrews HillSSE 151°275 m3.4 mi
Woodruff HillS 182°273 m2.6 mi
Hoop Pole HillWNW 291°264 m6.9 mi
Turkey HillE 93°263 m6.4 mi
Bird HillNW 325°260 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/888539301

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