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New Canaan Historical Society

New Canaan Historical Society from directly overhead

New Canaan Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 109 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.

About

The story

historical society in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q72081264, matched on coordinates and name (94 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
109 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.15019, -73.49749

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • God's Acre: 0.1 mi
  • New Canaan Nature Center: 0.4 mi
  • Cobblers Green: 0.5 mi
  • Irwin Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mead Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 3.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Perennial Border: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.8 mi
  • Old Stamford Road Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
  • Kelly Lowland Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
  • Browning Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
  • Firefly Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 2.0 mi
  • 911 Arch: 3.1 mi
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 4.1 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 5.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.1 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 7.1 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.1 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.4 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.3 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 5.2 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 5.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 6.1 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.7 mi
  • Weir House: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Farms Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade: 8.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 3.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.0 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 2.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 2.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of New Canaan Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillN 8°234 m9.3 mi
Mount AspetongNW 305°229 m9.4 mi
Prospect HillN 2°228 m9.1 mi
Branchville HillNNE 12°225 m8.1 mi
Biddle HillN 8°223 m8.4 mi
Fox HillNW 325°223 m8.6 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 28°211 m9.1 mi
Becks HillNNW 348°208 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367138492

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