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Enfield Historical Society

Enfield Historical Society from directly overhead

Enfield Historical Society is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Hayfield Circle), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.95381, -72.54113

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 4.9 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 6.1 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 6.1 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 7.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 8.7 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 10.4 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 10.5 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 10.5 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Side Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Back Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 50
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.1 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 7.8 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 7.8 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 7.8 mi
  • Goat Rock: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Hockanum Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.4 mi
  • Cascade: 9.8 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Flag Rock: 12.3 mi
  • Indian Leap: 14.5 mi
  • Crow Point: 17.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 17.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 6
  • Rd: 17.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 17.6 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Enfield Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillENE 71°332 m10.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillNE 51°323 m8.8 mi
Bald MountainENE 69°322 m7.2 mi
Pine MountainNE 49°319 m9.4 mi
Soapstone MountainE 87°315 m6.6 mi
Bald MountainNE 51°303 m9.2 mi
Perkins MountainNE 54°298 m8.3 mi
Paulk HillESE 122°294 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:23

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438547

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