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Stamford Historical Society Museum

Stamford Historical Society Museum from directly overhead

Stamford Historical Society Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 57 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Meadow, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
57 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.12336, -73.54579

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Conifer Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 0.7 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • 911 Arch: 0.8 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 2.9 mi
  • Statue of Columbus: 4.9 mi
  • 1BCG: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Chestnut Hill Bird Sancuary: 1.2 mi
  • Meadow Park Avenue Open Space: 2.2 mi
  • Kelly Lowland Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
  • Meadow Park Avenue Open Space: 2.3 mi
  • Altschul Preserve: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Samford Sign: 4.9 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 4.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 5.2 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 6.9 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.9 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 30
Picnic sites: 15
  • The Meadow: 0.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 11
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Stamford Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNE 19°234 m11.8 mi
Mount AspetongNW 324°229 m8.9 mi
Prospect HillNNE 14°228 m11.3 mi
Guard HillNW 305°226 m9.9 mi
Branchville HillNNE 23°225 m10.7 mi
Fox HillNNW 345°223 m9.2 mi
Biddle HillNNE 20°223 m10.8 mi
Becks HillNNE 12°208 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367140298

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