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Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine

Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine from directly overhead

Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Peak Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

colonial prison in Connecticut, now a historic landmark

Wikidata Q7084614, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.96187, -72.74511

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 3.6 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 53
  • Bike Sculpture: 8.5 mi
  • Cow: 8.9 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 9.8 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 10.2 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Back Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Side Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 47
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 2.9 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 2.9 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 2.9 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 2.9 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 12.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 12.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 12.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 13.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.7 mi
  • Rd: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 8.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainW 274°421 m9.5 mi
Winchell MountainNW 309°403 m10.4 mi
Washington HillW 266°359 m8.7 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW 242°358 m10.7 mi
South MountainNW 311°357 m8.7 mi
Drake MountainNNW 334°350 m10.9 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 322°347 m10.3 mi
Sodom MountainNW 326°326 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/372049518

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