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Broad Street Historic District

Broad Street Historic District from directly overhead

Broad Street Historic District is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Kidcity Children's Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
21 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55954, -72.65176

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
Attractions: 58
  • Come On Over Wall: 0.7 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.2 mi
  • 1954: 4.5 mi
  • Bible Rock: 5.0 mi
  • George Washington rock: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 54
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 4
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 4.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Broad Street Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainW 263°272 m4.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainNE 49°265 m7.5 mi
Clark HillENE 69°241 m7.0 mi
Raccoon HillENE 57°228 m6.5 mi
Great HillENE 74°222 m5.2 mi
Beseck MountainWSW 237°219 m5.8 mi
Camels HumpWSW 256°207 m4.8 mi
Clark HillNE 39°206 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 10 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel22 obs
  • common mugwort20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
  • Painted Turtle19 obs
  • Channel Catfish19 obs
  • Japanese knotweed19 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/359277213

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