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Goshen Historic District

Goshen Historic District from directly overhead

Goshen Historic District is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 402 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the west, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Goshen Historical Society, a museum 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
402 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.83204, -73.22484
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Waterfalls: 57
Museums: 49
Historic sites: 49
Attractions: 44
  • Pinnacle Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 8.8 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 9.6 mi
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • Hornet's Nest: 6.3 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 9.7 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 13.4 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 14.2 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 7.1 mi
  • Judea Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 20.8 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Jean Widmark: 18.3 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 21.3 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 21.3 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 21.3 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 21.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 9.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Goshen Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainW 259°513 m3.8 mi
Ivy MountainN 1°504 m2.7 mi
The PinnacleW 260°502 m4.2 mi
Red MountainWNW 287°499 m3.6 mi
Sedgwick MountainNW 317°495 m4.0 mi
Brass MountainNNW 343°491 m2.1 mi
Bartholomew HillWNW 293°484 m3.0 mi
Riggs HillNNE 24°480 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Black Bear10 obs
  • Green Frog9 obs
  • purple pitcher plant6 obs
  • Great Blue Heron5 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird5 obs
  • mountain laurel5 obs
  • West Virginia White5 obs
  • Spring Peeper4 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/367139003

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