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Redding Historical Society

Redding Historical Society from directly overhead

Redding Historical Society is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lonetown Marsh Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.2 miles off.

About

The story

historic house and farmstead in Redding, Connecticut

Wikidata Q5219161, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.31126, -73.38537

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Memorial Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 2.2 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 4.8 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.8 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 4.8 mi
Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 6.4 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 11.9 mi
  • South Beach: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 2.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 7.9 mi
  • Annunaki: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 2.6 mi
  • Weir House: 5.2 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 7.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • Pond View: 7.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Redding Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 298°304 m6.0 mi
Cranson PeakNE 35°303 m4.3 mi
Moses MountainNW 309°296 m5.4 mi
Barlow MountainW 280°290 m5.9 mi
Thomas MountainNW 316°286 m5.3 mi
West MountainW 266°285 m7.3 mi
Ned MountainWNW 290°284 m7.4 mi
Seth Low MountainW 281°283 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7862964899

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