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New Milford Center Historic District

New Milford Center Historic District from directly overhead

New Milford Center Historic District is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is New Milford Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
90 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.58093, -73.40901

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 60
  • Jim Hulton: 3.9 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 4.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 6.6 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 6.9 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 7.1 mi
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 37
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascades: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 24
Gardens: 23
  • Judea Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.6 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 14.1 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 10
  • Jean Widmark: 7.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 14.5 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.3 mi
  • Pond View: 20.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of New Milford Center Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillW 274°405 m6.9 mi
Bear HillN 5°390 m5.4 mi
Branch HillW 264°370 m6.3 mi
Seeley HillW 278°368 m7.0 mi
Mount BushnellNNE 20°363 m7.5 mi
Turner MountainW 272°362 m5.7 mi
Peet HillN 350°359 m6.5 mi
Wanzer MountainSW 232°346 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.

  • Asian Lady Beetle37 obs
  • Skiff Moth29 obs
  • Rustic Borer26 obs
  • Smaller Parasa Moth25 obs
  • Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth22 obs
  • Spongy Moth20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
  • Mallard19 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359281728

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