Museum · Connecticut
Plainville Historic Center
Plainville Historic Center is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 57 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 57 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates41.67004, -72.86947
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Norton Park: 0.8 mi
- Quinnipiac Park: 0.8 mi
- Trumbull Park: 0.9 mi
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Tomasso Nature Park: 1.0 mi
- Hamlin Pond Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Rock State Park Scenic Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Northwest Park: 1.5 mi
- Town Conservation Land (Malone Pond): 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Redstone Hill: 1.8 mi
- Campground Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Churchill Hill: 2.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- plinth: 2.2 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 4.0 mi
- World War I Monument: 4.3 mi
- Borinqueneers Monument: 4.4 mi
- New Britain Soldiers' Monument: 4.5 mi
Attractions
- Hospital Rock: 2.7 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 2.8 mi
- Libby's Lump: 4.5 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 5.8 mi
- Carousel: 6.2 mi
Museums
- Day-Lewis Museum: 3.6 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 3.6 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 3.6 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 3.7 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls
- Cascades: 3.6 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
- Whigville Falls: 6.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.3 mi
Gardens
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 4.4 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.2 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 49
- Home: 4.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 8.0 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 9.1 mi
- Sedna: 10.7 mi
- Painted Cow: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Green Wall: 2.8 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 2.9 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Ravens Roost: 7.3 mi
- South Wall: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 9
- Mattatuck Beach: 9.0 mi
- Boating Side: 9.2 mi
- Waterfront: 9.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 12.7 mi
Springs: 5
- Hermit spring: 16.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.0 mi
- Big Spring: 20.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Southington Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 22.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Plainville Historic Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | NW 312° | 354 m | 8.7 mi |
| South Mountain | WSW 250° | 313 m | 4.3 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | WSW 237° | 312 m | 5.9 mi |
| Clinton Hill | WSW 243° | 303 m | 8.0 mi |
| West Peak | S 170° | 301 m | 7.6 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | NW 321° | 300 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Hope | WNW 301° | 297 m | 6.1 mi |
| Becar Hill | WSW 241° | 297 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367136590
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