Museum · Connecticut
Welles-Shipman-Ward House
Welles-Shipman-Ward House is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakewood Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1755
- Height
- 10.0 m
- Elevation
- 28.0 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Historical Society of Glastonbury
How to reach it
Coordinates41.66910, -72.60144
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Lakewood Drive Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Stockade Bog Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Water Street Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Geary Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Red Hill Open Space: 0.5 mi
Peaks
- Red Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.9 mi
- Belltown Hill: 2.2 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.7 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 2.9 mi
Parks
- Grange Pool: 0.9 mi
- Matson Hill Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Ferry Landing Park: 1.3 mi
- Orchard Hill Club: 1.4 mi
- Ferry Park: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls
- Cascades: 1.0 mi
- Dividend Falls: 2.3 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 4.9 mi
- The Cascade: 5.6 mi
- Cascade: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
- Slocomb Mill: 1.2 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 1.6 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 1.7 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 1.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
Museums
- Academy Hall Museum: 1.9 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 1.9 mi
- Museum on the Green: 2.2 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 3.1 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 3.8 mi
Attractions
- Constitution Oak: 4.0 mi
- Hay Tedder: 4.5 mi
- Car Wreck: 5.1 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 6.0 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 6.1 mi
Artworks
- Face in Tree: 4.3 mi
- Frog: 5.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 5.8 mi
- Equality: 6.9 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 54
- Heritage Herb Garden: 4.0 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 4.0 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 4.3 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Crow Point: 2.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 11.5 mi
- Green Wall: 12.1 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 12.2 mi
- South Wall: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 8
- Lake Beseck Beach: 12.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 19.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 20.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 9.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Welles-Shipman-Ward House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ENE 68° | 273 m | 7.2 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ENE 67° | 272 m | 7.2 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SE 132° | 265 m | 4.1 mi |
| Clark Hill | SE 143° | 241 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 45° | 237 m | 8.4 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ENE 70° | 234 m | 5.4 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NE 48° | 233 m | 8.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 145° | 228 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/958248103
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- Storrs · 21 mi
- Somers · 23 mi
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