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Peoples State Forest Nature Museum

Peoples State Forest Nature Museum from directly overhead

Peoples State Forest Nature Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Riggs Hill stands 480 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Charcoal mound exhibit, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

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Coordinates41.92555, -72.99678

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 4.7 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 8.3 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 9.6 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 56
Attractions: 50
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 0.0 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 1.3 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 3.8 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 3.9 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Southwick Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.1 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Shade Garden: 15.7 mi
Artworks: 48
  • Bike Sculpture: 10.8 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 14.8 mi
  • Cow: 16.1 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 16.8 mi
  • Painted Cow: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Winsted Cliffs: 3.8 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 5.7 mi
  • The Beech: 10.6 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 10.6 mi
  • Space Invaders: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Peoples State Forest Nature Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riggs HillW 269°480 m8.9 mi
Flagg HillWNW 288°470 m8.5 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 292°470 m9.8 mi
Bull MountainNNW 335°456 m9.3 mi
Platt HillWSW 253°443 m6.5 mi
Grant HillW 278°442 m8.4 mi
Panorama HillWNW 301°440 m5.7 mi
Johnson HillN 359°439 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/395471294

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