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Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum

Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum from directly overhead

Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Park, a park 1.2 miles away.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.75627, -72.62899
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cascades: 6.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 56
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 3.4 mi
  • South Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 8.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 8.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 23.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 294°276 m9.5 mi
MannantuckESE 112°273 m8.7 mi
John Tom HillESE 112°272 m8.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 153°265 m9.8 mi
Box HillENE 70°252 m9.5 mi
Ely MoundWNW 285°246 m9.3 mi
Lookout MountainE 91°237 m7.4 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 123°234 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/239651646

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