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Wilton Heritage Museum

Wilton Heritage Museum from directly overhead

Wilton Heritage Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 56 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Schenck's Island, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
56 m
Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.19010, -73.42707

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 0.5 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Haskins House: 5.6 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.8 mi
Museums
Beaches
Artworks: 59
  • Annunaki: 9.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.5 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 11.2 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.2 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Earthplace: 3.8 mi
  • Weir House: 4.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 6.6 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.4 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • The Meadow: 7.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Wilton Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 341°234 m6.9 mi
Prospect HillNNW 332°228 m7.2 mi
Branchville HillNNW 339°225 m5.6 mi
Biddle HillNNW 336°223 m6.0 mi
Windy HillN 1°220 m6.8 mi
Goodsell HillN 7°211 m5.3 mi
Becks HillWNW 296°208 m5.2 mi
Huckleberry HillN 11°204 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:29

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/367140292

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