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Niantic Children’s Museum

Niantic Children’s Museum from directly overhead

Niantic Children’s Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Baptist Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

The Niantic Children's Museum, formerly the Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, is an interactive educational and cultural institution located in Niantic, Connecticut. Founded in 1992, the museum covers 5,000 square feet (460 m2) and is designed to encourage children to study arts, sciences, health, and various cultures. The museum features three major areas: The Discovery Room features a variety of science-based activities and the museum's resident animals. The Imagination Room features encourages learning through play with a fire engine, fishing boat, global market, toy garden and toddler area. The Outdoor Playspace features a retro treehouse, music garden, dig pit, playhouse and kid-sized zipline.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1992.

Wikidata Q5098184, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.32269, -72.19860

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Baptist Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Mount Ararat: 0.8 mi
  • Green Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Durfey Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Caesar: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 0.2 mi
  • McCook Point Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dodge Pond Boat Launch: 0.3 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 0.4 mi
  • East Lyme Town Ramp: 0.7 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Waterfalls: 29
  • Silver Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade: 9.5 mi
  • Cascade: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade: 13.0 mi
  • Cascade: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 26
  • The Whale: 5.9 mi
  • turtle rock: 9.2 mi
  • tri-town marker: 9.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 10.3 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 22
  • West Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 4.7 mi
  • East Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Niantic Children’s Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ridge HillN 2°134 m7.3 mi
Walnut HillNNW 343°131 m8.2 mi
Grassy HillNW 322°129 m6.9 mi
Morgan HillN 1°120 m6.1 mi
Polly HillN 1°117 m5.7 mi
Konomoc HillNNE 15°112 m5.9 mi
Brown HillNW 305°112 m7.7 mi
Beaverdam HillN 11°105 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1049756769

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