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Norwalk Museum;Norwalk Museum Historical Reference Library

Norwalk Museum;Norwalk Museum Historical Reference Library from directly overhead

Norwalk Museum;Norwalk Museum Historical Reference Library is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Norwalk Harbor Walk, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.11209, -73.40700

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Norwalk Harbor Walk: 0.1 mi
  • River Edge Park: 0.1 mi
  • North Avenue Park: 0.8 mi
  • Betts Brook Park: 1.0 mi
  • Elizabeth Creamer Preserve: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • Riverside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Mill Hill Historic Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fitch Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Riverside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Klondike Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • War Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 0.6 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 0.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Spring Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Sasqua Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Golden Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Seymour Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 7.7 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 8.0 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.2 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 8.3 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.9 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Earthplace: 2.8 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 3.6 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.7 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 5.1 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 7.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Norwalk Museum;Norwalk Museum Historical Reference Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNW 323°208 m9.6 mi
Nod HillNNW 346°199 m10.6 mi
Nod HIllNNW 346°197 m10.6 mi
Gilbert HillN 356°186 m10.5 mi
Bald HillNNW 332°184 m7.9 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW 335°171 m8.9 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 336°164 m7.1 mi
Powells HillNNE 24°159 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367140304

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