Submarine Force Library and Museum
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Submarine Force Library and Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is United States Ship Nautilus, a museum 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 13 miles off.
USS Nautilus Museum.
The story
The United States Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum is located on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut. It is the only submarine museum managed exclusively by the Naval History & Heritage Command division of the Navy, and this makes it a repository for many special submarine items of national significance, including USS Nautilus (SSN-571). Visitors may take a 30-minute self-guided audio tour of the Nautilus.
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Dates from 1955.
Wikidata Q7631596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.9 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 22.7 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- United States Ship Nautilus: 0.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Museum: 1.1 mi
- Lyman Allyn Museum of Art: 1.3 mi
- Groton Monument House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Nathan Hale Schoolhouse: 2.3 mi
- Phoenix Drive Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Avery Tract: 1.5 mi
- Romanella Subdivision Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Torrey Park Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Devine Tract: 2.0 mi
- Bailey Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mamacoke Hill: 0.7 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 0.9 mi
- Starr Hill: 1.3 mi
- Soldier Hill: 1.6 mi
- Nelson W. Nitchman Fields: 1.1 mi
- Satterlee Plaza: 1.3 mi
- Robert Crown Park: 1.4 mi
- McKinley Park: 1.5 mi
- Hodges Square Park: 1.6 mi
- The Guns: 1.3 mi
- Captain Hopley Yeaton Memorial: 1.4 mi
- National Submarine Memorial - Conning Tower: 1.7 mi
- WWII Torpedo: 1.7 mi
- Battle of Groton Heights Prisoners Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 3.5 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 4.0 mi
- Groton Beach: 4.6 mi
- Shennecossett Beach: 4.7 mi
- Avery Point Beach: 4.8 mi
- The Whale: 2.3 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 3.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 3.1 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 8.4 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 8.9 mi
- Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 7.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 10.1 mi
- Cascade: 14.7 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 2.2 mi
- Sparky: 3.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 6.4 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.6 mi
- Mjolnir: 6.8 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 1.0 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 1.1 mi
- Sprout Garden: 1.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 1.3 mi
- Laurel Walk: 1.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 13.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 13.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 13.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 15.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 13.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.4 mi
- Crow Head: 19.9 mi
- Ram Head: 23.6 mi
- Hedges Bank: 24.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 2.8 mi
- Powder House: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 21.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 22.0 mi
- Old Spring: 5.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Submarine Force Library and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Hill | NW 323° | 149 m | 5.5 mi |
| Crandall Hill | NNW 335° | 137 m | 5.1 mi |
| Ridge Hill | WNW 297° | 134 m | 6.2 mi |
| Morgan Hill | WNW 286° | 120 m | 5.9 mi |
| Polly Hill | WNW 282° | 117 m | 5.8 mi |
| Lynch Hill | NNW 333° | 115 m | 5.8 mi |
| Konomoc Hill | WNW 286° | 112 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pie Hill | NW 325° | 109 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/472159509
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