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Prudence Crandall Museum

Prudence Crandall Museum, a museum in Connecticut
Prudence Crandall Museum, a museum in ConnecticutDennis Oparowski, Photographer · Public domain
Prudence Crandall Museum, a museum in Connecticut
Dennis Oparowski, Photographer · Public domain
Prudence Crandall Museum, a museum in Connecticut
Dennis Oparowski, Photographer · Public domain
Prudence Crandall Museum, a museum in Connecticut
Cathy Cline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Prudence Crandall Museum, a museum in Connecticut
Stanley P. Mixon, Photographer, · Public domain
Prudence Crandall Museum, a museum in Connecticut
Stanley M. Nixon, Photographer · Public domain

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Prudence Crandall Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 78 m. Sunset Hill stands 240 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Canterbury Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 runs past it.

About

The story

The Prudence Crandall Museum is a historic house museum, sometimes called the Elisha Payne House for its previous owner. It is located on the southwest corner of the junction of Connecticut Routes 14 and 169, on the Canterbury, Connecticut village green. It is designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark as Prudence Crandall House.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7252955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
78 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.69806, -71.97166
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Canterbury Green: 0.1 mi
  • Frink Park: 0.1 mi
  • Robert Manship Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sugar Brook Field Trial and Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
  • Lions Park: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks: 34
Waterfalls: 23
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Little Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Big Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Picnic: 22.8 mi
  • Skate Hut: 25.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Old Spring: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Prudence Crandall Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunset HillNW 321°240 m8.7 mi
Clark HillNW 309°235 m8.6 mi
Bear HillNW 313°232 m9.0 mi
Kimball HillNNW 341°231 m8.6 mi
Alworth HillNNW 341°225 m6.8 mi
Easter HillNNW 348°222 m9.9 mi
Hampton HillNW 323°221 m7.4 mi
Shaw HillNW 307°220 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1419:4420:27
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1215:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836465665706962514132
Precip in4.13.44.44.73.74.33.94.24.34.74.14.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1015142862

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