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The Mather Homestead

The Mather Homestead from directly overhead

The Mather Homestead is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Branchville Hill stands 225 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza, a rest area 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Mather Homestead Foundation
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.11283, -73.47431

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 1.0 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 3.0 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 3.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 4.3 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.3 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 5.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 5.5 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 5.7 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 8.9 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 2.6 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 3.2 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 3.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.4 mi
  • Weir House: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 3.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Farms Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 9.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of The Mather Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Branchville HillN 2°225 m10.5 mi
Biddle HillN 0°223 m10.8 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 16°211 m11.0 mi
Becks HillNNW 344°208 m7.9 mi
Indian HillNW 309°201 m10.1 mi
Nod HillN 5°199 m10.3 mi
Nod HIllN 5°197 m10.3 mi
Pell HillNNW 330°192 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10144746842

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