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New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park

New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park from directly overhead

New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 50 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hungerford Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

The story

park in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31816836, matched on coordinates and name (134 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
50 m

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.64416, -72.78561

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls
  • Intermittent Cascade: 1.3 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Cascades: 7.4 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Hospital Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Will Warren's Den: 4.5 mi
  • 1954: 6.9 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 7.7 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 8.3 mi
Gardens
Artworks: 51
Cliffs: 21
  • Green Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 4.7 mi
  • South Wall: 8.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 8.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 20.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Cold Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 13.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainW 272°313 m8.4 mi
Lindsley HillW 261°312 m9.4 mi
West PeakSSW 208°301 m6.4 mi
Compounce MountainW 264°290 m8.0 mi
Southington MountainWSW 250°281 m8.9 mi
East PeakSSW 203°277 m6.6 mi
Higby MountainSSE 160°272 m6.8 mi
Castle RockW 276°251 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/953667962

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