Museum · Connecticut
Old Lighthouse Museum
Old Lighthouse Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is DuBois Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates41.32850, -71.90537
- 7.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.4 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.5 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 19.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- 1814 Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Cannon Square: 0.2 mi
- Borough Hall: 0.4 mi
- Jonathan Foster Ground: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.5 mi
Parks
- Cannon Square: 0.2 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 0.5 mi
- Barn Island Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
- Barn Island Hunting Area: 2.3 mi
- Willams Beach Park: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Dodge Paddock / Beal Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Cutler Street Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 1.0 mi
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Paffard Woods Preserve: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Wequetequock Hill: 2.6 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.0 mi
- Staunton Hill: 3.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pawcatuck Rock: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 52
- DuBois Beach: 0.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 3.1 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 3.1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.4 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.9 mi
Museums: 51
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 1.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 3.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.2 mi
- Mystic Museum of Art: 3.8 mi
- Children's Museum: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 24
- Ninigret Statue: 2.8 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 3.9 mi
- Penguin: 3.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 21
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 1.4 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 2.2 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 2.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 4.3 mi
- The Whale: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 16
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 10.7 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.8 mi
- Cutting Garden: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 17.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.3 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 3.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 3.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.0 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Clay Head: 19.7 mi
- Crow Head: 19.8 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 21.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 23.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Powder House: 11.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.9 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 7.6 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Old Lighthouse Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 352° | 163 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 11° | 158 m | 11.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 357° | 155 m | 11.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 7° | 149 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 346° | 144 m | 11.0 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 354° | 139 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 1° | 139 m | 9.8 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 355° | 132 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5071615008
Day trips start here
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Watch Hill · 3 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Groton · 7 mi
- North Stonington · 8 mi
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