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Sloane-Stanley Museum

Sloane-Stanley Museum from directly overhead

Sloane-Stanley Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the north, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fuller Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away.

Kent Falls State Park, Leased To Sloane-Stanley Museum

About

The story

The Eric Sloane Museum (formerly known as the Sloane-Stanley Museum) in Kent, Connecticut, is a museum featuring the studio and antique hand tool collections of Eric Sloane. It is owned and operated by the State Historic Preservation Office of Connecticut. The property includes the Kent Iron Furnace, a granite blast furnace which produced pig iron for almost 70 years, beginning in 1826. The furnace is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Wikidata Q7541077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates41.73945, -73.46933
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Kent Green: 0.8 mi
  • Kent Commons Park: 1.3 mi
  • Ketcham Park: 5.2 mi
  • Town Green: 6.2 mi
  • Charlie Jones Veterans Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 46
  • Charcoal Hearth: 4.5 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 7.3 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 8.3 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 9.8 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 10.4 mi
Museums: 35
Waterfalls: 32
Gardens: 23
  • Judea Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 16.1 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 17.4 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Dover Stone Church: 6.2 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 9.2 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 10.4 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 11.6 mi
  • Indian village: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 11
Artworks: 9
  • Jean Widmark: 15.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 22.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 22.6 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 23.9 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hermit spring: 23.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Sloane-Stanley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ellsworth HillN 11°473 m4.4 mi
Whitcomb HillNE 54°459 m6.0 mi
Above AllE 98°450 m6.1 mi
Preston HillSW 231°442 m3.2 mi
North Preston HillWSW 241°441 m2.6 mi
Skiff MountainNNE 18°431 m3.8 mi
Bald MountainNE 48°429 m6.9 mi
Bromica MountainE 83°428 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836475866716962514031
Precip in3.33.13.73.53.54.13.84.64.64.23.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/68499015

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