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Walter Fyler House Museum

Walter Fyler House Museum from directly overhead

Walter Fyler House Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Windsor Historical Society, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
16 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.85711, -72.63657
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Major John Mason Statue: 0.1 mi
  • VW: 3.7 mi
  • Farm Tool: 3.7 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 4.0 mi
  • Tim Coyne Memorial: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
  • Cook Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Day Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Tudor Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Lighthouse Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 4.7 mi
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 3.2 mi
  • Keney Tower: 6.1 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 6.8 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.9 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Hart Meadow: 9.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 9.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 9.9 mi
  • Crow Point: 10.4 mi
  • Superstructure: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 8
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Walter Fyler House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWSW 249°276 m8.9 mi
Box HillESE 112°252 m10.1 mi
Ely MoundWSW 242°246 m9.7 mi
Lookout MountainSE 132°237 m10.5 mi
Birch MountainSE 133°233 m10.9 mi
Whites HillESE 122°231 m11.1 mi
Case MountainSE 131°215 m10.6 mi
Minnechaug MountainSE 146°215 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367140269

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