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Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society

Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society from directly overhead

Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 59 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Norfeldt Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

About

The story

historic house in Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q14715067, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
59 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74696, -72.74591
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Norfeldt Park: 0.8 mi
  • Glover Soccer Park: 0.9 mi
  • Beachland Park: 1.0 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Buena Vista Recreational Complex: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Noah Webster Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 1.8 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions: 60
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 8.3 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascades: 10.1 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 56
Artworks: 46
Cliffs: 19
  • South Wall: 3.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 3.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 3.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 17.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNNW 329°276 m5.2 mi
Taine MountainW 278°268 m8.8 mi
Wildcat MountainW 271°262 m9.9 mi
East HillNW 313°261 m10.5 mi
Onion MountainNW 319°253 m10.4 mi
Ely MoundNW 317°246 m4.3 mi
Sweetheart MountainWNW 294°246 m10.6 mi
Mount HorrNW 308°238 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000886OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1268540328

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