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New Milford Historical Society Museum

New Milford Historical Society Museum from directly overhead

New Milford Historical Society Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 96 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is New Milford Center Historic District, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

About

The story

town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Dates from 1707.

Wikidata Q977989, matched on coordinates and name (480 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
96 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.58093, -73.41095

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 60
  • Jim Hulton: 3.8 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 4.2 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 6.7 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 7.0 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 7.1 mi
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 37
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Cascades: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 24
Gardens: 23
  • Judea Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 14.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 12
Artworks: 10
  • Jean Widmark: 7.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 14.5 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.4 mi
  • Pond View: 20.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillW 274°405 m6.8 mi
Bear HillN 6°390 m5.4 mi
Branch HillW 264°370 m6.2 mi
Seeley HillW 278°368 m6.9 mi
Mount BushnellNNE 20°363 m7.5 mi
Turner MountainW 272°362 m5.6 mi
Peet HillN 351°359 m6.5 mi
Wanzer MountainSW 231°346 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367140032

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