Old Mystic History Center
Old Mystic History Center is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Mystic Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
village and census-designated place located in the town of Stonington in New London County, Connecticut, United States
Wikidata Q754856, matched on coordinates and name (175 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- ICRC
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 20.6 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Mystic Playground: 0.1 mi
- River Road Park: 1.0 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 1.1 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 1.8 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Gallup Salt Marsh: 0.3 mi
- Collier / Acker Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Downes Marsh: 0.6 mi
- Mystic Community Center Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Shady Oak Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 0.7 mi
- Gallup Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.0 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.5 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 1.9 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 1.9 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 2.0 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 3.5 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 1.9 mi
- Children's Museum: 1.9 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.0 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 2.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 2.0 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 2.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 3.1 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 4.7 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 4.7 mi
- DuBois Beach: 5.1 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 3.0 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 3.8 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.2 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.3 mi
- The Whale: 7.3 mi
- Giant Gnome: 1.2 mi
- Mjolnir: 1.2 mi
- Penguin: 1.2 mi
- Mystic Blue: 1.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 2.5 mi
- Cascade: 3.8 mi
- Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 12.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 18.5 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.4 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Sprout Garden: 7.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 8.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 8.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 8.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 8.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 8.6 mi
- Powder House: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 15.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.9 mi
- Crow Head: 22.0 mi
- Clay Head: 24.2 mi
- Old Spring: 2.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Old Mystic History Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 9° | 163 m | 7.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 17° | 155 m | 7.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 34° | 149 m | 7.3 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 1° | 144 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNE 21° | 139 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 28° | 139 m | 6.3 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NNE 18° | 132 m | 6.1 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 335° | 120 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1028574994
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 3 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Ledyard · 4 mi
- Groton · 5 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Westerly · 7 mi
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