Norfolk Historical Society Museum
Norfolk Historical Society Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 383 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Norfolk Historic District, a park 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.
The story
town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Dates from 1758.
Wikidata Q2446234, matched on coordinates and name (566 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 383 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 23.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Norfolk Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Bigelow Park: 0.6 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
- North Green: 2.1 mi
- Norfolk Meadow: 0.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Dutton Mountain): 0.8 mi
- Long Rivers Council (Boy Scouts Of America): 1.8 mi
- Pine Mountain Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Town Open Space (Town Farm): 2.4 mi
- Fox Hill: 0.4 mi
- Dutton Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 0.4 mi
- Campbell Falls: 4.4 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Pothole Falls: 5.3 mi
- Beulah Falls: 5.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.5 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 4.7 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.1 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 10.4 mi
- Hermit memorial: 11.1 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 7.3 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 7.8 mi
- American Mural Project: 8.5 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 5.0 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 8.7 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 10.1 mi
- 4 towns meet: 10.2 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 10.4 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 16.1 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 18.0 mi
- Naked Lady: 18.0 mi
- Divine Mercy: 21.5 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 21.6 mi
- Flower Gardens: 15.2 mi
- Herb Gardens: 15.3 mi
- Heritage Garden: 15.3 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 17.2 mi
- Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- The Beech: 8.8 mi
- Space Invaders: 8.8 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 8.8 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 8.8 mi
- Holland Beach: 7.4 mi
- County Beach: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 20.9 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 22.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 8.0 mi
- Big Spring: 10.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 11.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.6 mi
- Questing: 9.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Norfolk Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | W 271° | 584 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 342° | 539 m | 2.8 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NNE 14° | 537 m | 8.1 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | WSW 243° | 528 m | 4.8 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | WSW 248° | 521 m | 3.3 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | N 0° | 519 m | 2.9 mi |
| Higley Hill | N 11° | 518 m | 6.1 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | NE 46° | 517 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/976819139
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 13 mi
- Monterey · 13 mi
- Otis · 15 mi
- Great Barrington · 17 mi
- Blandford · 19 mi
- Lee · 22 mi
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