Museum of Fife and Drum
Museum of Fife and Drum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Bald Hill stands 167 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Triangle, a park 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 21 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Park Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Comstock Park: 0.9 mi
- Plattwood Park: 1.2 mi
- Devitt Field: 1.9 mi
- Viney Hill Brook Park: 2.5 mi
- Essex Land Trust: 0.6 mi
- Whittlesey Brook Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Comstock Pond/Stream: 0.7 mi
- Johnson Farm Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Incarnation Center: 1.0 mi
- Orchard Hill: 0.7 mi
- Kelsey Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mares Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bushy Hill: 1.3 mi
- Post Hill: 1.9 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 2.1 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 3.2 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 3.3 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 4.7 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 2.4 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 4.7 mi
- Westbrook: 4.7 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 4.7 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 5.4 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 5.2 mi
- Middle Beach: 5.2 mi
- Stannard Beach: 5.3 mi
- Chapman Beach: 5.5 mi
- Chalker Beach: 5.7 mi
- Cascade: 6.0 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 7.2 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Cascade: 8.2 mi
- Stone Table: 1.0 mi
- Historic Ferry: 4.5 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 5.5 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 6.6 mi
- tri-town marker: 9.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.8 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 9.6 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 9.7 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 6.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 7.7 mi
- James Madison: 9.6 mi
- snake: 12.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 12.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 2.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 5.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.6 mi
- Chimney Corner: 15.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 17.0 mi
- Powder House: 17.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.1 mi
- Old Spring: 24.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 8.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Museum of Fife and Drum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | N 11° | 167 m | 7.6 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 334° | 154 m | 7.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 329° | 140 m | 6.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 327° | 138 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Archer | NE 53° | 136 m | 5.7 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNW 330° | 128 m | 4.0 mi |
| Tower Hill | W 272° | 126 m | 3.8 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | ENE 64° | 123 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1042152641
Day trips start here
- Essex · 3 mi
- Old Saybrook · 5 mi
- Old Lyme · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 11 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
- Waterford · 16 mi
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