Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Stepping Stones Museum for Children is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mathews Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.
a hands-on children's museum for ages 10 and under
The story
The Stepping Stones Museum for Children is a hands-on museum specifically designed for children aged 10 and under. It is situated at 303 West Avenue within the Central district of Norwalk, Connecticut. It features various interactive exhibit areas, including a theater, a broadcast studio, and a high-definition screen. Within the entrance lobby stands the ColorCoaster, a kinetic sculpture spanning 27 feet (8.2 m), made by the artist George Rhoads. In the museum's surroundings is a garden with three kinetic energy sculptures. These sculptures, conceived by Beinfield Architecture, harness local sources of solar, wind, and water energy.
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Dates from 2000.
Wikidata Q7611132, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2010
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mathews Park: 0.1 mi
- Heritage Wall: 0.1 mi
- William D. Peters Park: 0.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
- Norwalk Art Space: 0.1 mi
- Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum: 0.1 mi
- Norwalk Museum;Norwalk Museum Historical Reference Library: 0.5 mi
- SONO Switch Tower Museum: 0.8 mi
- The Mather Homestead: 3.1 mi
- UN Tree of Norwalk: 0.1 mi
- Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 0.5 mi
- War Memorial: 0.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.8 mi
- War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Norwalk Harbor Walk: 0.4 mi
- River Edge Park: 0.4 mi
- North Avenue Park: 0.9 mi
- Betts Brook Park: 1.2 mi
- Meadow Street Park: 1.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.5 mi
- Golden Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sasqua Hill: 1.3 mi
- Middle Clapboard Hill: 2.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 2.7 mi
- Marvin Beach: 1.6 mi
- Harbor View Beach: 2.0 mi
- Calf Pasture Beach: 2.1 mi
- Long Beach: 2.6 mi
- Compo Beach: 3.3 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.8 mi
- Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.4 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Wildflower garden: 7.2 mi
- Dancing Girl: 7.6 mi
- Samford Sign: 7.7 mi
- Stamford Cone: 7.9 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.5 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 12.0 mi
- Earthplace: 3.2 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 3.3 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.2 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 4.7 mi
- Burr Homestead: 8.8 mi
- The Meadow: 6.9 mi
- Pell Hill: 13.3 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.3 mi
- Cascade: 9.2 mi
- Sheep Falls: 9.6 mi
- Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 9.8 mi
- Cascade: 9.9 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 3.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 9.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 9.4 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 10.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 13.0 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 12.1 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 12.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
- Cuties Island: 7.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 13.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Stepping Stones Museum for Children. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becks Hill | NW 326° | 208 m | 9.4 mi |
| Nod Hill | NNW 348° | 199 m | 10.6 mi |
| Nod HIll | NNW 349° | 197 m | 10.6 mi |
| Gilbert Hill | N 359° | 186 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 336° | 184 m | 7.9 mi |
| Upper Bald Hill | NNW 338° | 171 m | 8.9 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | NNW 340° | 164 m | 7.1 mi |
| Powells Hill | NNE 26° | 159 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:45 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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