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Unionville Museum

Unionville Museum from directly overhead

Unionville Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 70 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
70 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.75809, -72.88867
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 0.2 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 3.1 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 5.3 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • Kettles: 0.3 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 0.3 mi
  • Carousel: 0.3 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 0.4 mi
  • The Carrals: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Suburban Park: 0.3 mi
  • Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Malerbo Rec Complex: 1.3 mi
  • Sycamore Hills Park: 1.6 mi
  • Tunxis Mead Park: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
Museums
Gardens: 53
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 3.3 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.9 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 27
  • Solar Panel: 4.6 mi
  • South Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Superstructure: 4.6 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 4.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 11.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 11.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Unionville Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cotton HillWNW 295°360 m8.8 mi
Ratlum MountainNNW 347°358 m9.3 mi
Johnnycake MountainW 267°354 m5.5 mi
Breezy HillNNW 342°327 m8.5 mi
South MountainSSW 202°313 m8.1 mi
Yellow MountainNW 314°310 m8.1 mi
Harmony HillWNW 285°304 m8.6 mi
Scranton MountainW 273°300 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/566456721

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