Museum · Connecticut
Northrop House
Northrop House is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 141 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sherman Historical Society
How to reach it
Coordinates41.57759, -73.49850
- 27.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Colonial Park: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Sherman Town Park: 0.6 mi
- Sega Meadows Park: 2.8 mi
- Lynn Deming Park: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Mallory Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Irene's Woods Preserve: 1.0 mi
- West Briggs Hill Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Hubbell Mountain Farm: 1.3 mi
- Towner Hill Preserve: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Turner Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Towner Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hubbell Hill: 1.4 mi
- Briggs Hill: 1.6 mi
- Branch Hill: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- Lois Batchelder: 1.5 mi
- Jim Hulton: 3.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 7.5 mi
- Mill Ruins: 10.0 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 11.1 mi
Museums: 40
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 4.5 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 5.1 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 9.3 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 10.4 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 34
- Quaker Brook Falls: 3.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 5.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cascades: 7.8 mi
- New Preston Falls: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 27
- Personal Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Judea Garden: 11.2 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 13.9 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 13.9 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 18
- New Milford Tank: 4.5 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 6.9 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 8.5 mi
- Indian village: 9.3 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 16
- Sherman Town Beach: 0.5 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 0.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.5 mi
- North Beach: 6.8 mi
- South Beach: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Kelly Slide: 2.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.7 mi
- Grand Staircase: 10.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 11.0 mi
Artworks: 12
- greek letter pi: 11.5 mi
- Jean Widmark: 11.9 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.9 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 14.9 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Princess circle picnic site: 21.1 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 22.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 22.5 mi
- Pond View: 22.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Stormville Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 13.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Dicktown: 15.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 17.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Bulls Bridge Road: 6.8 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Northrop House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Hill | WNW 288° | 405 m | 2.3 mi |
| Schaghticoke Mountain | N 351° | 404 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 42° | 390 m | 7.5 mi |
| Birch Hill | SW 218° | 386 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | SSW 213° | 376 m | 6.1 mi |
| West Mountain | WNW 290° | 373 m | 6.8 mi |
| Branch Hill | WSW 256° | 370 m | 1.7 mi |
| Seeley Hill | WNW 297° | 368 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5455500256
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- Highlands · 29 mi
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